Herry vs Merry - What's the difference?
herry | merry |
(obsolete) To honour, praise or celebrate.
* 1596 , '', 1805, H. J. Todd (editorial notes), ''The Works of Edmund Spenser ,
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland)
* 1728 , Robert Lindsay, Robert Freebairn, The History of Scotland: From 21 February, 1436, to March, 1565 ,
* 1822 , , The Three Perils of Man; Or, War, Women, and Witchcraft ,
* , The Deer-Stalkers of Glenskiach , 1840,
Jolly and full of high spirits
* Shakespeare
Festive and full of fun and laughter
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
Brisk
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
* Spenser
(euphemistic) drunk; tipsy
As a verb herry
is to honour, praise or celebrate.As an adjective merry is
jolly and full of high spirits.As a proper noun Merry is
{{surname|from=nicknames}} Originally a nickname for a merry person.herry
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . See (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
page 185,
- Thenceforth it firmely was e?tabli?hed, / And for Apolloes temple highly herried .
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From earlier (m), from (etyl) (m), . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
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.
page 228,
- The heroic Sim flew to horse, and desired all that were friends to the Scots to follow, while Laidlaw addressed his compeers, saying, "Up, lads, and let us ride; our host must not be herried while we are under his roof."
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
* (l) * (l)merry
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- We had a very merry Christmas.
- I am never merry when I hear sweet music.
- f I have the chance, I will make our worshipful Sheriff pay right well for that which he hath done to me. Maybe I may bring him some time into Sherwood Forest and have him to a right merry feast with us.
- Everyone was merry at the party.
- The play moved along at a merry pace.
- a merry jest
- merry wind and weather
- Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.