hergung

hergung, f.n: plundering, pillaging, looting, ravaging. (HER-gung / ˈhɛr-gʌŋ)

Medieval manuscript image of a wide-eyed blue wolf sneaking past some plants to where six sheep sit unawares.
A wolf sneaking up on some sheep in a bestiary; England (York), 1200-1215; Oxford, St John’s College Library, MS 61, f. 21r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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