OriginFrom 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.
- To praise, to glorify, to honour.
“And Lord God, what herying is it to bilden thee a church of dead stones, and robben thy quicke churches of their bodilich liuelood?”
“Thenot, now nis the time of merimake. / Nor Pan to herye, nor with love to playe.”
Formsheryeth(present, singular, third-person) · herying(participle, present) · heryed(participle, past) · heryed(past) · herry(alternative)