# herien
## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English herian, from Proto-West Germanic *haʀjan.

#### Alternative forms

* heryen, heriȝen, hærien, herrien, heryyn, heryhe, herye

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛrjən/, /ˈhɛriən/, /ˈhɛrən/, /ˈhɛːrən/

#### Verb

herien
* To thank or commend.
** 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Clerk's Prologue and Tale, 2002, Marion Wynne-Davies (editor), The Tales of The Clerk and The Wife of Bath, page 94,
    And whan that folk it to his fader tolde, / Nat oonly he, but al his contree merye / Was for this child, and God they thanke and herye.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* To recognise, glorify, or laud
** c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, 1810, Samuel Johnson (editor), Alexander Chalmers (additional lives), The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 1, page 251,
    How I mote tell anon right the gladnesse / Of Troilus, to Venus herying, / To the which who nede hath, God him bring.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 14thC, William de Shoreham, 1851, Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 28, Percy Society, page 117,
    Thyse aungeles heryeth here wyth stevene, / Ase he hys hare quene of he[ve]ne.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* To rever, devote (oneself to).

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) herien, herie | (to) herien, herie |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | herie | heried |
| 2nd-person singular | heriest | heriedest |
| 3rd-person singular | herieth | heried |
| subjunctive singular | herie | heried |
| imperative singular | herie | — |
| plural$^1$ | herien, herie | herieden, heriede |
| imperative plural | herieth, herie | — |
| participles | heriynge, heriende | heried, yheried |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Derived terms

* hereword

##### Descendants

* English: herry, herye (obsolete)

##### References

* “herien, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

### Etymology 2

From Old English herġian, from Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną. Equivalent to here (“army”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* harien, haryen, herȝien, herȝen, herwen, harwen, harowen

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛrjən/, /ˈhɛriən/

#### Verb

herien
* To ruin, devastate, despoil, or loot
* To steal, snatch, or burglarise; to take without permission.
* To deliver people from burning in Hell.
* To bring, take, or draw.
* To defeat in battle; to attain or achieve victory.
* (rare) To run after; to pursue or hunt.
* (rare) To harass; harry, trouble.
* (rare) To fight, enter battle or combat.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) herien, herie | (to) herien, herie |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | herie | heried |
| 2nd-person singular | heriest | heriedest |
| 3rd-person singular | herieth | heried |
| subjunctive singular | herie | heried |
| imperative singular | herie | — |
| plural$^1$ | herien, herie | herieden, heriede |
| imperative plural | herieth, herie | — |
| participles | heriynge, heriende | heried, yheried |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: harry, harrow
* Scots: herry, hery, hary

##### References

* “herien, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.