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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0400, entry 26
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ge-hergian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To ravage, plunder, afflict, harrow, take captive; vastre, splire, afflgre, captvum dcre :-- He on ðam fyrste helle gehergode he harrowed hell in that space of time, Homl. Th. ii. 608, 1. Ðe hie gehergod hæfdon which they had plundered, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 19. Gehergad ravaged, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 72, 22. Ðæt úre wíf and úre cild wurdon gehergode ut uxres ac libri nostri dcantur captvi, Num. 14, 3 : Jud. 10, 8 : Gen. 31, 26 : Shrn. 96, 12.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page d0341, entry 10
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ge-hergian. Add: I. intrant, (or abs.) To harry, ravage :-- Geher-geode Wulfhere Æscesdne, Chr. 661; P. 32, 12, Hannibal sende sciphere on Rme and þr ungemetlce gehergeodon classis Punica in Italiam transiit, ejusque plurimas partes longe lateque vastavit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 180, 4. I a. with on, to make predatory attacks upon :-- Se here oft gehergode on Pehtas and on Strætlæd-Wealas, Chr. 875 ; P. 75, 2. On Wiht gehergade Wulfhere and gesalde Wihtwaran t Æþelwalde, 661; P. 32, 14. II. trans. (1) to overrun with an army, ravage, lay waste a country :-- H gehergode land, Hml. S. 27, 25. His scipu gehergodon Mæníge, Chr. 1000; P. 133, 15. Hit gewear . . . þ henan leóda land gehergoden, Hml. S. 27, 21. (l a) to pillage a town :-- Hr wæs Wecedport geheregod, Chr. 988 ; P. 125, 22. Her wæs Gypeswc gehergod, 991 ; P. 127, (2) to harass by attack or exaction after conquest :-- H wurdon gehergode and gehnde eahtatne geár under heora handa afflicti sunt et oppressi per annos decem et octo, Jud. 10, 8. (3) to make captive in war, carry off as spoil :-- Seó fird gehergade swe micel on þm norhere ger ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe the English took much spoil from the northern army both in men and in cattle of every kind, Chr. 910; P. 94, 29. mn weorod . . . and eal mn her[e] goldes and eorcnanstana (-e, MS.) hi gehergad and genumen hæfdon micel gemet mid him wgon milites omnes auri ex rapina margaritarumque nan paruam secum praedam ueherent, Nar. 6, 32. H nmon menn and sw hwæt sw h findan mihtan, and gewendon him t Baldewines land, and sealdon þr þet h gehergod hæfdon, Chr. 1046; P. 167, I. Ealle þ men þe hi geher-gead hæfden, Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13. Gif hwylc mden beweddod bi, and under þám bið gehergod (in captivitatem ducta). Ll. Th. ii. 186, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 36. Hié wron gehergeode and of hiera earde ldde, Past. 267, 14. Gehergode, Gr. D. 182, 7. (3 a) to lead captive to a place :-- H wæs gehergod t Sirian lande, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 6. gehergod captive :-- Hæftlingc oe gehergod captivus, Ælfc. Gr. 179, 4. Se heáfodman þæs gehergodan folces, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 41. H sealde þæt feoh for gehergodum mannum, and þ þe on hæftndum wron, Hml. S. 31, 1292. &A-long;lse h æt rum mannum heora þeówan and hru earme gehergode men, Ll. Th. ii. 282, 15. Swilce hit gehergode hæftlingas wron quasi captivus gladio. Gen. 31, 26. (4) to carry off by force :-- Deófol geherega þ synfullan, and gehæfte t þre hellican byrig gelt, Hml. Th. ii. 66, 33. Crst t helle frde and r of gehergode eal þæt h wolde, Wlfst. 126, 13. [O. H. Ger. ge-herin vastare.]


Source: Bright's OE Grammar, page b0295, entry 2
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ge-hergian WII capture (by harrying)



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