heretog

Etymology

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

heretog means the leader or commander of an army in Saxon times. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

The leader or commander of an army in Saxon times.
A marshal in Anglo-Saxon times“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.”