herja

Faroese

verb
Definitions
  • To wage war
  • To ravage, to plunder

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse herja inherited from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (lay waste, plunder, harry, devastate) root from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ker-

Gloss

army, burn, war, fire, struggle, heat

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

火

Emoji
🪖

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