herye
English
Alternative forms
- herry
Etymology
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
herye (third-person singular simple present heryeth, present participle herying, simple past and past participle heryed)
- 1563, John Foxe, 1851, Fox's Book of Martyrs: The Acts and Monuments of the Church, Volume 1, 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, 2012, Marie Loughlin, Sandra Bell, Patricia Brace (editors), The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose, page 797,
- Thenot, now nis the time of merimake. / Nor Pan to herye, nor with love to playe.
- 1563, John Foxe, 1851, Fox's Book of Martyrs: The Acts and Monuments of the Church, Volume 1, page 563,
Related terms
- heryer
Anagrams
- Heyer
Middle English
Etymology 1
From her (“hair”) + -y.
Adjective
herye
- Alternative form of hery (“hairy”)
Etymology 2
From Old English herian.
Verb
herye
- Alternative form of herien (“to commend”)