herja
sagnorð
að, [ hergian; to herry or harry; hærge]:—to go harrying or freebooting, 127, 78, 228, i. 10, i. 135, passim.
II. with to harry, despoil, waste; Haraldr konungr herjaði landit ok átti orrostur, i. 5; herja land, ; at herjuðu helvíti, having harried hell, 279; borgir ok þorp er aðrir höfðu herjað (harried, taken by force) af hans eign, x. 231; (whence the phrase, h. e-ð út úr e-m, to harry a thing out of one, press him till he yields it up); herja mönnum til Kristindóms, to harry, drive people to Christianity, i. 344; Fjandinn herjar menn ór Kristninni, 400.III. , herjask á, to harry (wage war on) one another, ii. 75.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Scot.Scottish.
- Dan.Danish.
- trans.transitive.
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- mod.modern.
- reflex.reflexive.
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Mirm.Mirmants saga. (G. II.)
- Karl.Karla-magnús saga. (G. I.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)