"gehergian" meaning in Old English

See gehergian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /jeˈxer.ɡi.ɑn/, [jeˈherˠ.ɣi.ɑn]
Etymology: From ġe- + hergian. Etymology templates: {{prefix|ang|ġe-|hergian}} ġe- + hergian Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=ġehergian}} ġehergian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ġehergian<w2>}} Forms: ġehergian [canonical], weak [table-tags], ġehergian [infinitive], ġehergienne [infinitive], ġehergiġe [first-person, present, singular], ġehergode [first-person, past, singular], ġehergast [present, second-person, singular], ġehergodest [past, second-person, singular], ġehergaþ [present, singular, third-person], ġehergode [past, singular, third-person], ġehergiaþ [plural, present], ġehergodon [past, plural], ġehergiġe [present, singular], ġehergode [past, singular], ġehergiġen [plural, present], ġehergoden [past, plural], ġeherga [imperative, past, present, singular], ġehergiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ġehergiende [imperative, present], ġehergod [imperative, past]
  1. to ravage, plunder, harrow
    Sense id: en-gehergian-ang-verb-BehSZMuR
  2. to take captive
    Sense id: en-gehergian-ang-verb-fEWFgBQ2 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with ge-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Violence Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Violence: 37 63
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "english": "Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.",
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        "to ravage, plunder, harrow"
      ],
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        [
          "plunder",
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          "_dis": "13 87",
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          "_dis": "35 65",
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          "_dis": "37 63",
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          "english": "This time begins this Sunday, nine weeks before Easter, and ends on the Saturday in the week of Easter: to that day, from here, are seventy days; and the Israelites, for their evil deeds and transgressions, were taken captive, and spent seventy years living in slavery to the Bablyonians, without joy or mirth.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nSēo tīd onginð on ðisum Sunnandæġe, nigon wucon ǣr Ēastron, and ġeendað on ðām Saternesdæġe þǣre Ēasterlīċan wucan: tō ðām dæġe sind heonon ġetealde hundseofontiġ daga; and þæt Israhela folc, for heora māndǣdum and forgǣġednyssum, wurdon ġehergode, and hundseofontiġ ġēara on Babilonisċum þēowdōme, buton blisse and myrhðe, wunodon.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈxer.ɡi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jeˈherˠ.ɣi.ɑn]"
    }
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          "english": "Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.",
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          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nSēo tīd onginð on ðisum Sunnandæġe, nigon wucon ǣr Ēastron, and ġeendað on ðām Saternesdæġe þǣre Ēasterlīċan wucan: tō ðām dæġe sind heonon ġetealde hundseofontiġ daga; and þæt Israhela folc, for heora māndǣdum and forgǣġednyssum, wurdon ġehergode, and hundseofontiġ ġēara on Babilonisċum þēowdōme, buton blisse and myrhðe, wunodon.",
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