Hurried vs Herried - What's the difference?
hurried | herried |
(herry)
(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,
As verbs the difference between hurried and herried
is that hurried is (hurry) while herried is (herry).As an adjective hurried
is done in a hurry; rushed.herried
English
Verb
(head)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,.
