herien

From Old English herian, from Proto-Germanic *hazjaną.

• heryen, heriȝen, hærien, herrien, heryyn, heryhe, herye

• IPA^(key): /ˈhərjən/, /ˈhəriən/, /ˈhərən/, /ˈhɛːrən/

herien

1. To thank or commend.
   • 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Clerk's Prologue and Tale, 2002, Marion Wynne-Davies (editor), The Tales of The Clerk and The Wife of Bath, page 94,

     And whan that folk it to his fader tolde, / Nat oonly he, but al his contree merye / Was for this child, and God they thanke and herye.

2. To recognise, glorify, or laud
   • c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, 1810, Samuel Johnson (editor), Alexander Chalmers (additional lives), The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 1, page 251,

     How I mote tell anon right the gladnesse / Of Troilus, to Venus herying, / To the which who nede hath, God him bring.

   • 14thC, William de Shoreham, 1851, Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 28, Percy Society, page 117,

     Thyse aungeles heryeth here wyth stevene, / Ase he hys hare quene of he[ve]ne.

3. To rever, devote (oneself to).

• English: herry, herye (obsolete)

• “herien (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

From Old English herġian, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną. Equivalent to here (“army”) +‎ -en.

• harien, haryen, herȝien, herȝen, herwen, harwen, harowen

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrjən/, /ˈhɛriən/

herien

1. To ruin, devastate, despoil, or loot
2. To steal, snatch, or burglarise; to take without permission.
3. To deliver people from burning in Hell.
4. To bring, take, or draw.
5. To defeat in battle; to attain or achieve victory.
6. (rare) To run after; to pursue or hunt.
7. (rare) To harass; harry, trouble.
8. (rare) To fight, enter battle or combat.

• English: harry, harrow
• Scots: herry, hery, hary

• “herien (v.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.