different between herry vs werry

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

Adverb

werry (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, Britain, Cockney) very

Anagrams

• wryer

Middle English

Verb

werry

1. Alternative form of werreyen