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herry.

To honour, praise or celebrate.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To honour, praise or celebrate.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English heryen, herien, from Old English herian (“to extol, praise, commend, help”), from Proto-West Germanic *haʀjan, 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”), Sanskrit शंसति (śáṃsati, “to announce; to praise, extol, commend”), Latin cēnseō (“inspect, appraise, estimate”, verb), Latin cēnsus (“estimation”). See censor, census.

verb
  1. Alternative form of harry.

    Scotland · alt-of · alternative · obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From earlier hery, from Middle English herien, herȝen, herwen, from Old English hergian (“to ravage, plunder, lay waste, harry; seize, take, capture”), from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to devastate, lay waste”). More at harry.

verb
  1. Pronunciation spelling of hurry

    alt-of · pronunciation-spelling
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