An archaic or dialectal variant of 'herry,' meaning to rob, plunder, or harass.
An alternate spelling of 'herry' from Old English 'hergian,' appearing in some medieval manuscripts and dialect texts as a variant pronunciation or regional spelling.
Medieval scribes often used variant spellings like 'hery' and 'herry' interchangeably, and these variations help linguists track how pronunciation changed across different regions of medieval England.
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