heretoga

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English heretoga (“army leader, commander, general”). Doublet of heretog and herzog.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌheɹəˈtəʊɡə/

Noun

heretoga (plural heretogas)

1. (historical) An Anglo-Saxon army leader or commander; a general; a duke.
   • 1890, James Kendall Hosmer, A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom:

     Like the old heretogas, they possessed no authority but such as was accorded them by their fellow-tribesmen, though when once constituted they had a power co-ordinate with that of the folk-moot.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō. Equivalent to here (“army”) +‎ *toga (“leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe.reˌto.ɡɑ/, [ˈhe.reˌto.ɣɑ]

Noun

heretoga m

1. general
2. duke

Declension

Declension of heretoga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	heretoga	heretogan
accusative	heretogan	heretogan
genitive	heretogan	heretogena
dative	heretogan	heretogum

Descendants

• Middle English: heretowa, heretoȝe, heretogh, heretoȝæ, heretoche
  • → English: heretog
• → English: heretoga