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hergung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hergung, heregung, e; f.
Harrying, harrowing, plundering, devastation, waging war, an irruption, incursion, invasion, a raid, plunder
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  • Seó hergung wæs þurh Alaricum Gotena cyning geworden

    inruptio quæ per Alaricum regem Gothorum facta est,

    • Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.

  • Héðenra manna hergung ádiligode Godes cyrican in Lindisfarena ee þurh reáflác and mansleht

    the harrying of heathen men destroyed God's church at Lindisfarne by plundering and slaughter,

    • Chr. 793; Erl. 59, 11.

  • Ðæt mǽste yfel ðe ǽfre ǽnig here dón mihte on bærnette and hergunge and on manslihtum

    the greatest evil that any army could do in the way of burning and plundering and manslayings,

    • 994; Erl. 133, 18.

  • On ánre heregunge

    in a single invasion,

    • Jos. 10, 40.

  • Be his ǽriste and be his hergunga on helle

    concerning his resurrection and his harrowing of hell.

    • Blickl. Homl. 83, 29.

  • Hell oncneów Crist ðá ðá heó fórlét hyre hæftlingas fút þurh ðæs Hǽlendes hergunge

    Hell acknowledged Christ when it let out its captives through the harrowing of Jesus,

    • Homl. Th. i. 228, 17.

  • Hí hergodon and brohton tó ðam castele ða hergunge

    they plundered and brought the plunder to the castle.

    • Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 19.

  • Ðá forlét hé his hergunga

    then he left off his harryings,

    • 1016; Erl. 154, 10.
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v.  heregung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hergung.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18941.

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