herja
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to go harrying or freebooting
- (transitive) to despoil, waste
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (lay waste, plunder, harry, devastate).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*harjōną
Gloss
lay waste, plunder, harry, devastate
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Cognates and derived terms
- herja Finnish
- herjakirjoitus Finnish
- herjanheitto Finnish
- herjasana Finnish
- herjata Finnish
- *ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *koryos Proto-Indo-European
- herje Norwegian Bokmål
- *harjaz Proto-Germanic
- *harjōną Proto-Germanic
- härja Swedish
- herja Norwegian Nynorsk
- herje Norwegian Nynorsk
- hergian Old English
- herġian Old English
- hærge Danish
- herja Faroese
- hæria Old Swedish
- häri Westrobothnian
- *hariōn Frankish
- *harjōn Frankish
- hæriæ Old Danish