herien

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English herian, from Proto-West Germanic *haʀjan. ==== Alternative forms ==== heryen, heriȝen, hærien, herrien, heryyn, heryhe, herye ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɛrjən/, /ˈhɛriən/, /ˈhɛrən/, /ˈhɛːrən/ ==== Verb ==== herien 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, 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, 14thC, William de Shoreham, 1851, Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 28, Percy Society, page 117, To rever, devote (oneself to). ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hereword ===== Descendants ===== English: herry, herye (obsolete) ===== References ===== “herien, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English herġian, from Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną. Equivalent to here (“army”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== harien, haryen, herȝien, herȝen, herwen, harwen, harowen ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɛrjən/, /ˈhɛriən/ ==== Verb ==== herien To ruin, devastate, despoil, or loot To steal, snatch, or burglarise; to take without permission. To deliver people from burning in Hell. To bring, take, or draw. To defeat in battle; to attain or achieve victory. (rare) To run after; to pursue or hunt. (rare) To harass; harry, trouble. (rare) To fight, enter battle or combat. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: harry, harrow Scots: herry, hery, hary ===== References ===== “herien, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxer.jen/, [ˈherˠ.jen] IPA(key): /ˈxe.ri.en/, [ˈhe.ri.en] === Verb === herien plural present subjunctive of herian