heretog

词形变化

heretogs 复数 heretogs

别名

heretoch

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The leader or commander of an army in Saxon times.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A marshal in Anglo-Saxon times

    历史

    In the time of our Saxon ancestors, as appears from Edward the Confessor’s laws, the military force of this kingdom was in the hands of the dukes or heretochs, who were constituted through every province and county in the kingdom.

词源

From Middle English heretogh, heretoȝe, from Old English heretoga, heretoha (“commander, general”), from Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō, equivalent to here (“army”) + tow. Doublet of heretoga (borrowed from Old English) and herzog (borrowed from the German cognate Herzog (“duke”)).

来源：wiktionary