Middle English Dictionary Entry
herien v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | herien v.(1) Also hē̆ren, herī, heire, heriȝen, herihe, herrien, (early) hærien, (error) wheren. Forms: p. heriede, etc. & hē̆ret; ppl. i)heried, hiheriet, i)hē̆red, i)hē̆rd, i)hē̆ret, heriȝed, iherdȝe, (early) iherode. |
| Etymology | OE herian, hergan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To praise (sb. or sth.); to ~, to be praised, praiseworthy; in prov.: at eve man shal the dai ~; (b) to worship (God, a god), worship (sth.) as a god; (c) to honor (sb. or sth.), do honor to, show reverence for; celebrate (a day); to ~, to be honored; (d) to make (supplanting) great, do (sth.) greatly [an error in translation]; (e) heried ben, may (sb. or sth.) be praised or honored, praised be (sb. or sth.)!
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)33/168-71 : Hwu herigendlice is on þære eadigen Cristes moder Marien dæl, þæt-þæt se Hælend herede?..Marthan geswyncfulle wica, þe se Hælend naht ne herode.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)38/33 : Þa halȝa weræs..beoð nu iherode ðurh heoræ liðnysse.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)126/24 : Heo iseoð..isæliȝe monnæ hwit werod heriȝende ure Drihten.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)167 : Iob..likede ure drihten swo wel þat he herede him ouer alle men.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)12/145 : Hwet is lufsumre þing & mare to herien..þen þe mihte of meiðhad?
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)24/18 : Þet eadi meiden..wende ut..heriende on heh hire healent in heouene.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)47/4 : I feole oðer þing he, oðer heo, is swiðe to herien.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)211/5 : Ȝe ancren beoð inumen ow to Marie dale, þe ure lauerd seolf herede.
- c1275 On hire is al (Clg A.9)3 : On hire is al mi lif ilong, Of hwam ich wule singe And herien hire þer-among.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1518 : Mid heom þu holdest & heom bi werest, An ouer swiþe þu hi herest.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)278 : Wel ouȝte we to wheren him þat is riȝtwis.
- ?a1300 Thrush & N.(Dgb 86)10 : Þat on hereþ wimmen þat hoe beþ hende.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)1193 : Mid milde his wordes he hereȝede [Clg: ȝirnde] hire mihte.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)348 : Heo..hereden god i-lome.
- a1325 Prov.Hend.(Cmb Gg 1.1)st.34 : At eve man scal þe dai heri [Dgb: preisen].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6955 : Þe bissopes..herede [vrr. heryed, herenden, þanked] god & sein swithin.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in boure (Hrl 2253)38 : A betere burde neuer nes, yheryed wiþ þe heste.
- c1330(?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch)p.663 : Heraud..herede god almiȝti þo.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)66 : Iesu Crist ful ȝerne he heriede.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)10/13 : Þet me clepeþ þe zenne of detraccion and þo also þet herieþ þe kueade.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)136/18 : Efterward he hereþ and prayseþ þe oþre be speche.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)55.11 : Y shal herien [L laudabo] worde in þe, God.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)147.1 : Þou folk of Ierusalem, heri our Lord.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)3461 : Þei..heriȝeden heili god þat þei wel had spedde.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.19.3 : And eft thei seiden, Alleluya, that is, Herie ȝe the Lord.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1868 : The couent eek lay on the pauement, Wepynge and herying Cristes moder deere.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)55.11 : In god, worde heryhe I sal.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)148.1 : Heryhes [L laudate] lauerd..In heghtes heryhes him with blisse.
- a1400 Bevis (Eg 2862)134/120 : Herryand [Cai: He wente..Wiþ a wol solempne processyoun..god off heuene ffaste þankynde].
- c1400 St.Alex.(2) (Trin-O 57)39/250 : He herede [vr. heried] god and made him glad.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4258 : Hiȝly þei gan her goddis herie.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6241 : Wel nygh al these hooly wymmen That men in chirchis herie and seke..Wered alwey clothis seculere.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.107 : He saw anoon, and suede Crist, heerynge [vr. heriyinge] God.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.FCLife (Corp-C 296)192 : Angelis heryen god bi song.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2200 : Mast hiȝe ȝe ere hersid & herid of ȝoure strenthe.
- ?c1475 *Trev.Nicod.(Sal 39)144a : Ych herye þe, lord, for þou hast yfonge me.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)339 : I heere þerof my heghe God, and also þe, bysshop.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)2714 : Then blesside Simeon swete Ihesu And heride hym with his canticuler.
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)9 : Heo comen..to þan sinagoge and hereden heore drihten.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)16844 : Heo maȝen drihten duȝeðliche hærien.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)248 : He..hereð [vr. herieð] & hersumeð [L honorem] seheliche shaftes, blodles & banles.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)18/164 : Hwen so ȝe herieð ham, ȝe herieð þen unhwiht.
- a1275 Wolle ye i-heren (Trin-C B.14.39)58 : Þes cnistes weren a-cneu iseten & heret þet child of hende hewe.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)659 : Hi were to-gadere..And heryeden vre loverd crist and heore bede sunge.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)2389 : He wolde seoueniþt þar his god herie ine diȝelnisse.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)239-41 : Þudere comen al þat folk..For to herien þane feond..And heroudes þe king was þere, Heriende heom ase huy godes weren.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)52/25 : Me ssel be daye wel do, and be niȝte herie god and bidde.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3419 : Thy wyf eke and thy wenches synfully..heriest [vr. heryed] false goddes cursedly.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Wisd.11.16 : Summe errende herieden [L colebant; WB(2): worschipiden] doumbe edderes.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.20.5 : Þou schalt not anoure hem ne heery [WB(2): worschipe; L coles] hem.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.1.25 : Men..herieden and serueden to a creature rathere than to the creatour.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.357 : Zenocrates lefte..þre hestes..to worschepe fader and moder [L honorandos patres] and herie goddes [L venerandos Deos] and ete no flesche.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)10b/a : He is i-heried and worschipid [L colitur et adoratur].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1527 : Alle þe goude golden goddes þe gaulez ȝet nevenen..Heyred hem as hyȝly as heven wer þayres.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)prol.11/11 : He schulde make a tabernacle to heryen ynne hure God.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)786 : Olde payens that idoles heryed, Useden tho in feldes to ben beryed.
- a1450 I wole be mendid (Dgb 102)9 : Holychirche, heryȝe þy saueour; Þynk þy hurd, god on hiȝt, Wiþ song and ympnes, tyde and houre.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)536 : Hee bihelde how þe god þat heried was in Barbre Governed hur goodes.
c
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.Pentec.(Lamb 487)97 : Ðisses deiȝes hehnesse is to heriane.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)113 : Drihten..ȝeueð þan edmeodan streinþe þet al middel eard..his nome heriȝe.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)5 : Þus ha hine hereden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6234 : We wulleð þine men beon, þine mon-scipe herien [Otho: heȝen].
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)17165 : Þou þenchest..mid selcouþe workes herie [Clg: wurðien] þe deade.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.126 : Ȝut schullen of thi blode Alle mi churchen ihered [Ld: honoured] beo.
- c1300 SLeg.Lucy (Hrl 2277)45,46 : Also as þis cite is moche ihered [Ld: i-wuyrþet] þurf me, Also schal þi contrai beo ihered [Ld: Anoured] þurf þe.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)27/749 : He despyseþ ihesu cryst Wanne ne hym scholde herye.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)104/24 : He is oueral yhered ine erþe, ine ȝe, ine helle, as he is ine heuene.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.47 : Whom erthe and see and heuene out of relees Ay heryen.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.19.6 : Manye herien [WB(2): onouren; L colunt] the persone of the myȝti.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)305/64 : Þe ymage þat was nayled on Rode heriede him wiþ Joyful moode.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)11.247 : Alle kynne creatures þat to crist beleuiþ, We be holde heiȝly to herie [vrr. herien, heryyn, heryn, heyre] & honoure.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.1.49 : That the vesselis that ben foule and vyl schulden ben honoured and heryed.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.103 : Nowe honoures it king and prince & heries the gl[o]riouse name.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1616 : Þai amervale þaime mekyll..When þai saw hym so heret.
d
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)40.10 : Hij þat eten min loues, herieden vp me supplauntynge [L magnificavit super me supplantationem].
e
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)197 : Heȝed and hered beo his holi name.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)29/306 : Þet tu beo iheiet & iheret eaure in eorðe as in heouene.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2380 : Ihered [vr. iheret] & iheiet beo þu, hehe healent!
- a1275 Doomsday (Trin-C B.14.39)8 : Iherd [Trin-C: Hiheriet] beo þu, lauerd.
- a1300 Edi beo þu (Corp-O 59)48 : Ihered ibeo þu, swete þing.
- a1300 Hit bilimpeð (Corp-O 59)9 : Iherdȝe beo þin holi nome.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)203 : Iheried beo his Mihte!
- c1300 SLeg.Patr.(LdMisc 108)520 : I-herd beo god, þat þe hauez hidere i-brouȝt.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1622 : Ihesu, yhered þou beo.
- a1350 Nou skrynkeþ (Hrl 2253)46 : Euer seruen hire y shal..heried be hyr ioies fyue!
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)4665 : Yherd be Crist..Þat is desire & wil min.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)141/3051 : Lord..hered þow be, Þat ich mai me kende lord se.
- a1350(?c1280) SLeg.Prol.CV (Ashm 43)32 : Ihered [vr. yheried] beo is miȝte!
- ?c1350 Why werre (Peterh 104)p.2 : Y-hered be the kyng of heven.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4484 : He is as hol, heriȝed be god, as he was euer ȝite.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4577 : Þer-fore, heuen king, heried mot ȝe bene.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1100 : Iherid beo god almiȝt!
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)11.84 : Al was as he wolde, lord, I-heried be þou!
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.872 : She hadde ynow, heryed be goddes grace!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.7 : O veray cause of heele and of gladnesse, Iheryed be thy myght and thi goodnesse!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1757 : Al this doth Love, ay heried be his myghtes!
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1405 : Heryed be thou and thy name, Goddesse of Renoun or of Fame.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)865 : 'Iheryd,' sche seyde, 'be goddys sonde!'
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)325 : Now, herid be þou, heghe God!