forhergian

Old English

Etymology

From for- +‎ hergian. Cognate with Old High German farheriōn, German verheeren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈxer.ɡi.ɑn/, [forˈherˠ.ɣi.ɑn]

Verb

forhergian

1. to lay waste, destroy, ravage, devastate, plunder
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DC.LXXXVI Hēr Mūl ⁊ Ceadwalla Cent ⁊ Wiht forhergodan.

     Year 686 In this year Mul and Cædwalla laid waste to Kent and Wight.

   (gloss) vāstāre, dēvāstāre, dēpŏpŭlāre

Conjugation

Conjugation of forhergian (weak, class 2)

infinitive	forhergian	forhergienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	forhergiġe	forhergode
second person singular	forhergast	forhergodest
third person singular	forhergaþ	forhergode
plural	forhergiaþ	forhergodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	forhergiġe	forhergode
plural	forhergiġen	forhergoden
imperative
singular	forherga
plural	forhergiaþ
participle	present	past
	forhergiende	forhergod

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “forhergian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.