different between herry vs herro

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

English

Alternative forms

• harro

Interjection

herro

1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of hello.

Usage notes

Generally used by people with an interest of Japanese culture.

Anagrams

• Hoerr, Rehor, Roehr

Old Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German h?rro.

Noun

h?rro m

1. master, lord

Inflection

Alternative forms

• h?ro

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hêre
  • Dutch: heer
    • Afrikaans: heer
  • Limburgish: hieër

Further reading

• “h?rro”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

• h?riro, h?ro

Etymology

Comparative form of h?r (“gray-haired; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey; old, distinguished”). Compare the same semantic development from Latin senior to Old French seignor, whence the feudal meaning was loaned to Old High German in Carolingian times.

Noun

h?rro m

1. lord, master

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: herre
  • Alemannic German: Heer
  • Cimbrian: hear
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Herr, hër

  • German: Herr
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: Harr

  • Yiddish: ???? (her)
• ? Old Saxon: h?rro
  • Middle Low German: h?re, herre
    • Low German: her, harr
  • ? Old English: hearra, heorra, herra, hierra
    • Middle English: herre, harre, hærre, harre
      • English: her, here
      • Scots: her, here, heir
  • ? Old Frisian: h?ra
    • Saterland Frisian: Heer
  • ? Old Norse: herra, herri
    • Danish: herre
    • Faroese: harra, harri
    • Gutnish: herre
    • Icelandic: herra, herri
    • Norwegian Bokmål: herre
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: herre
    • Swedish: herre
    • ? Finnish: herra
    • Westrobothnian: harr, häärr
• ? Old Dutch: h?rro, h?ro
  • Middle Dutch: hêre
    • Dutch: heer
      • Afrikaans: heer
    • Limburgish: hieër

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition