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herian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §252; §254; §271; §525;
To praise
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  • Ðé ic hérige swá swá wisne man

    te laudo ut sapientem,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 64
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 55, 4, 9.

  • Ic herge,

    • Exon. 41b; Th. 138, 28; Gú. 583.

  • Ðæt ðæt mon hereþ

    hoc ipsum quod laudatur,

    • Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 2.

  • Leofaþ sáwl min and ðé hereþ

    vivet anima mea et laudabit te,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 175.

  • Hergaþ,

    • 101, 16.

  • Weleras ðé míne heriaþ

    labia mea laudabunt te,

    • 62, 3.

  • Wé ðé hæriaþ

    we praise thee,

    • Hy. 7, 116
      • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 116.

  • Herigaþ,

      Cd. 214; Th. 267, 33; Swt. 47.

  • Ic nát for hwý gé ða tída swelcra bróca swá wel hergeaþ

    I know not why ye praise so highly the times of such miseries.

      Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 4: Blickl. Homl. 89, 31.

  • Hergaþ,

    • Cd. 192; Th. 239, 24; Dan. 375.

  • Heó Drihten herede

    she praised the Lord,

    • Blickl. Homl. 13, 4
      • :
    • Lk. Skt. 16, 8.

  • Ðæs cininges ealdormenn heredon hig beforan him

    the princes of Pharaoh commended her before Pharaoh,

    • Gen. 12, 15.

  • Hit is áwriten ne hera ðú nǽnne man on his lífe

    it is written 'Praise no man during his life,'

    • Homl. Th. ii. 560, 13.

  • Ðá silfne ne hera

    do not praise thyself,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 262, 21.

  • Here ðú, Sion, swylce ðínne sóþne God

    lauda Deum tuum, Sion,

    • Ps. Th. 147, 1.

  • Mín hearpe herige Drihten

    let my harp praise the Lord,

    • 56, 10.

  • Herge,

    • Beo. Th. 6333; B. 3177.

  • Ðeáh hira hiéremenn hie mid ryhte heregen

    though their subjects with justice praise them,

    • Past. 19; Swt. 145, 22.

  • Herian,

    • Ps. Th. 65, 1.

  • Hergen,

    • Exon. 54b; Th. 191, 27
      • :
    • Az. 94.

  • Hie heofona helm herian ne cúðon

    they did not know how to praise the heaven's protector,

    • Beo. Th. 367; B. 182.

  • Hergan,

    • Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 8; Cri. 49.

  • Herigean,

    • Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 20.

  • Heó is us tó herianne

    she is to be praised by us.

    • Blickl. Homl. 11, 11.

  • Tó herigenne,

    • 63, 21.

  • Tó hergenne,

    • 223, 27.

  • Se hálga wer hergende wæs metodes miltse

    the holy man was praising the Lord's mercy,

    • Cd. 190; Th. 237, 8; Dan. 334.

  • Heri-gende.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1314; An. 657.

  • Ðú byst hered

    perfecisti laudem,

    • Ps. Th. 8, 2
      • ;
    • Blickl. Homl. 67, 4.
Etymology
[
Laym. herien, hærien
:
A. R. herede; p
:
Chauc. Wick. herie
:
Spens. herry, hery
:
Goth. hazjan to praise
.]
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v.  hergan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “herian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18942.

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