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) (historical) An Anglo-Saxon army leader or commander; a general; a duke. == 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 general late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History duke leader of a people Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: heretowa, heretoȝe, heretogh, heretoȝæ, heretoche→ English: heretog → English: heretoga === References ===