▪ I. † ˈhery, v. Obs.
Forms: α. 1 hęrian, hærian, hęrᵹan, 2–4 herien, 3 hærien, heryhe, 3–5 herye, 4 heriȝe, (heyre), 4–6 herie, herry, 4–7 hery. β. [1 hereþ, herede], 3 hæren, huren, heoren, 4 here.
[OE. hęrian, hærian:—WGer. *harjan, *hęrjan, Goth. hazjan to praise, glorify, extol: cf. OHG. harên, OS. harôn to cry, shout. In OE., hęrian (hęrᵹan, hęriᵹan) was conjugated, pres. herie (heriᵹe, herᵹe), herest, hereð, heriað, pa. herede, pa. pple. hered; thence in ME. arose two types, hery, heriest, herieþ, heriede, etc., and here, herest, hereþ, herede, etc.; the latter coincided in form to some extent with hear, with which it was app. sometimes confused: see the quots. from Layamon.]
trans. To praise, glorify, exalt, honour, worship.
| α c 735 Cædmon's Hymn 1 in O.E. Texts 149 Nu scylun herᵹan hefaenricaes uard [later vers. in Bæda's Hist. iv. xxv, Nu sculon heriᵹean heofonrices weard]. c 825 Vesp. Psalter cl. 2 Hærᵹað hine in mæhtum his. c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iii. vii. §8 Ic nat..for hwyᵹe þa tida swelcra broca swa wel herᵹeað. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 560 Ne hera ðu nænne man on his life. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 97 Ðisses deiȝes hehnesse is to heriane. c 1205 Lay. 6234 We wulleð þine men beon þine mon-scipe herien. a 1300 E.E. Psalter cxlvii. 12 Heryhe þou þi God. 1382 Wyclif Wisd. xi. 16 Summe errende herieden [1388 worschipiden] doumbe edderes. c 1386 Chaucer Clerk's T. 560 God they thanke and herye. 1388 Wyclif Ps. cxlviii. 3 Sunne and moone, herie ȝe hym; alle sterris and liȝt, herie ȝe hym. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3130 Nowe honoures it king and prince & heries the gloriouse name. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. Nov. 10 Nor Pan to herye, nor with love to playe. 1590 ― F.Q. ii. xii. 13 For Apolloes temple highly herried. 1622 Drayton Poly-olb. xxiv. (1748) 364 And Thanet..even to this age doth hery Her Mildred. |
| β c 897 K. ælfred Greg. Past. xlviii. 373 Ðæt ðæt..mon hereð. 971 Blick. Hom. 13 Heo Drihten herede. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 5 Þus ha hine hereden. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 167 He herede him ouer alle men. c 1205 Lay. 2389 He wolde..his godd hure [c 1275 herie]. Ibid. 13900 Þa we..heoreð heom mid mihte. Ibid. 16281 God ich wulle hæren [c 1275 herie]. c 1250 Hymn in Trin. Coll. Hom. 258 Iherd ȝebeo þin holi nome. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1634 Þe lorde forto here. c 1400 St. Alexius (Trin.) 250 He herede god, and made him glad. |
Hence † ˈheried (hered) ppl. a., praised, glorified, exalted. Also † ˈheryer (OE. hęrᵹere), worshipper. † ˈheryful a., praiseworthy.
| a 950 Durham Ritual (Surtees) 124 Þætte..ðv hæbbe herᵹeras [laudatores]. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 94 If ony be heriere of God hem he heereþ. 1382 ― 2 Kings x. 19 That he distruye alle the heryeris [1388 worschipers] of Baal. 1382 ― Dan. iii. 25 Blessid art thou, Lord God of our fadris, and heryful [1388 worthi to be heried] or worthi to be preyside. a 1400–50 Alexander 1637 Þe hered haly name. 1583 Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 54 With Gods herried order kendled. |
▪ II. hery
obs. form of eerie.