different between verry vs herry
verry
English
Adjective
verry (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of very
Adverb
verry (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of very
- 1819, Nancy Collin, Letter to her parents, 2007, Terrance Keenan, If Our Lives Be Spared: A Saga of the Collin Family Settlers in Early New York State, page 62,
- I have enjoyed a verry poor state of health since I wrote to you last ...
- 1862, Solomon York, Letter to his future wife, 2004, Wallace E. Jarrell, The Randolph Hornets in the Civil War, page 168,
- I have nothing verry interesting to write.
- 1913, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volumes 43-45, page 626,
- When we first came to this place our men were verry feeble […] .
- 1819, Nancy Collin, Letter to her parents, 2007, Terrance Keenan, If Our Lives Be Spared: A Saga of the Collin Family Settlers in Early New York State, page 62,
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herry
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)
- (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.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 1805, H. J. Todd (editorial notes), The Works of Edmund Spenser, page 185,
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)
- (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, […] .
- 1728, Robert Lindsay, Robert Freebairn, The History of Scotland: From 21 February, 1436, to March, 1565, page 44,
Derived terms
- herrier
- herrying
- herriment, herryment
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