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herigean

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An Old English verb meaning to praise, honor, or glorify, frequently found in early Anglo-Saxon heroic and devotional poetry.

Detailed Definition
An Old English verb meaning to praise, honor, or celebrate. In this hymn it introduces the speaker’s act of praising God, so it carries a devotional, ceremonial tone rather than ordinary modern usage.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Nu sculon herigean heofonrices Weard” opens Cædmon’s Hymn with herigean, “to praise”; the Old English verb directs communal praise toward heaven’s Guardian; “Let us herigean the Maker of all things” gives a close modern-English gloss; “The archaic infinitive herigean foregrounds devotion, sound, and the poem’s oral religious tradition”
Additional Notes
The verb "herigean" in the opening line is Old English and not a common modern English word.; Found in the poem, Caedmon's Hymn by Caedmon
Also Known As
herald messenger forerunner
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