herye
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English herien, heryen, from Old English herian (“to extol, praise, commend, help”), from Proto-Germanic *hazjaną (“to call, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”). Cognate with Middle High German haren (“to call, shout”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hazjan, “to praise”), Latin cēnseō (“inspect, appraise, estimate”, verb), Latin cēnsus (“estimation”); see censor, census.
Verb[edit]
herye (third-person singular simple present heryeth, present participle herying, simple past and past participle heryed)
- To praise, to glorify, to honour.
- 1563, John Foxe, Fox's Book of Martyrs: The Acts and Monuments of the Church, volume 1, published 1851, page 563:
- And Lord God, what herying is it to bilden thee a church of dead stones, and robben thy quicke churches of their bodilich liuelood?
- 1579, Edmund Spenser, “The Shepheardes Calender: November”, in Marie Loughlin, Sandra Bell, Patricia Brace, editors, The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose, published 2012, page 797:
- Thenot, now nis the time of merimake. / Nor Pan to herye, nor with love to playe.
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Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
herye
- Alternative form of hery (“hairy”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
herye
- Alternative form of eren (“to plough”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
herye
- Alternative form of herien (“to commend”)
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