Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

herye

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: herye
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To praise, to glorify, to honour.

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: herien, herian, *hazjaną, *ḱens-

Inflected Forms

heryeth (present, singular) herying (participle, present) heryed (participle, past) heryed (past) herry (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

heryer

Questions

What does herye mean?: To praise, to glorify, to honour.
Where does herye come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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