different between harry vs herry

English

Etymology

From Middle English herien, harien (compare Walloon hairyî, old French hairier, harier), from Old English her?ian, from Proto-Germanic *harj?n? (compare Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”)), from *harjaz (“army”) (compare Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos (compare Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek ???????? (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (k?ra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hæ?i/, /h??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hæ?i/
• Rhymes: -æ?i

Verb

harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive)

1. To plunder, pillage, assault.
2. To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
   • 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:

     "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,

     But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;

     Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,

     Then look for me by moonlight,

     Watch for me by moonlight,

     I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way."

3. To strip, lay waste, ravage.

   • to harry this beautiful region

   • 1896, John Burroughs, Birds and bees and other studies in nature

     A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.

4. To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

Derived terms

• harrier

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the English name Harry.

Adjective

harry (indeclinable)

1. (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy

Derived terms

• harrytur
• harryhandel

References

• “harry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the English name Harry.

Adjective

harry (indeclinable)

1. (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy

Derived terms

• harrytur
• harryhandel

References

• “harry” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English heryen, herien, from Old English herian (“to extol, praise, commend, help”), from Proto-Germanic *hazjan? (“to call, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”). Cognate with Middle High German haren (“to call, shout”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (hazjan, “to praise”), Sanskrit ????? (?á?sati, “to announce; to praise, extol, commend”), Latin c?nse? (“inspect, appraise, estimate”, verb), Latin c?nsus (“estimation”). See censor, census.

Alternative forms

• herye

Verb

herry (third-person singular simple present herries, present participle herrying, simple past and past participle herried)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To honour, praise or celebrate.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 1805, H. J. Todd (editorial notes), The Works of Edmund Spenser, page 185,

     Thenceforth it firmely was e?tabli?hed, / And for Apolloes temple highly herried.

Derived terms

• herrier
• herrying

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• hery

Verb

herry (third-person singular simple present herries, present participle herrying, simple past and past participle herried)

1. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Alternative form of harry
   • 1728, Robert Lindsay, Robert Freebairn, The History of Scotland: From 21 February, 1436, to March, 1565, page 44,

     In the Spring of the Year thereafter, this inte?tine War, within the Bowels of this Commonweal, began to increase ay more and more; and ?o continued two Years; during the which Time, the Dougla??es burnt and herried all Lands pertaining to the King and his A??i?ters; and al?o to them that were not plain on his Faction.

   • c. 1830, Andrew Picken, The Deer-Stalkers of Glenskiach, 1840, page 38,

     The victories of Inverlochy, of Alderne, and of Alford, the herrying of Argyleshire, and the sacking of Dundee, could scarcely make up for the terrible toils encountered in climhing the bleak precipices of the west, in wading through drifts of snow among the mountains during the depths of winter, […] .

Derived terms

• herrier
• herrying
• herriment, herryment