haerere

haerere [CL] 1 to adhere, cling (to, also fig.). b to stay close (to). c (absol.) to hold fast. in tantum ‥ infirmitate decocta est ut vix ossibus ~eret Bede HE IV 9 p. 223; ales / ‥ saltu volat et ramo citus arboris haeret Alcuin Carm. 49. 23; carinam / ‥ adscendit securo calle pedester: / non in veste liquor, non soccis haeserat humor Id. SS Ebor 1377; V. Merl. 837 (v. echenais); oh quis honos herere Deo L. Durh. Dial. IV 349; Quaest. Salern. Ba 24 (v. exilis 1a).  b duces quibus haerent agmina saeva Aldh. VirgV 2471; Serlo Wilt. II 39 (v. 2 era 3); sic ‥ solent urine copia pregravati proximo ‥ ~ere parieti cum se velint onere illo relevare Mir. Hen. VI II 50.  c evertit hyems equora, / set mea novit anchora / tenacius herere P. Blois Carm. 6. 6. 2 (w. ref. to worldly pursuits) to hanker (after), cling (to), be stuck (on). ut deliciis non ~eamus solo, puncti vero sepius avolemus polo Pull. CM 200; herebat mundo corpore, non animo W. Chester Vers. Anselm. 2. 68; tales, licet quodam amore caducis ~eant, quia Deum plus amant, salvi erunt Ib. 215. 3 to persist, linger (esp. w. ref. to memory). praepositos ‥ solo nomen Romanae servitutis ~ere facturos Gildas EB 7; Ib. 26 (v. excidium a); 1452 impensa mihi benificia ‥ fixe cordi ~ent Bekynton I 273. 4 to be unable to move, stop dead (from fear or wonder). b (of voice) to stick (in the throat). c to be in doubt. herent immoti Frith. 41 (v. 2 catus); expavit, trepidansque lugubriter haesit Wulf. Swith. II 593; Lib. Eli. II 147 (v. 1 ecstasis c); tu es ille aries inter vepres ~ens cornibus Medit. Farne 7; vepribus herentem ‥ bidentem Amund. I 231 (v. holocaustum c).  b subito vox faucibus haesit Alcuin Carm. 9. 109; ‘sed mihi cepta refer.’ / non possum. ‘quid ita? ’ quia vox mihi faucibus heret L. Durh. Dial. II 423.  c hereo quid dicam, quid enim si dixero penam?  L. Durh. Dial. IV 201; Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 269 (v. haereticus 2a); posse nihil sciri laudatur Zeno probasse, / herens in cunctis et dubitare jubens J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 738; herere potes dubius / cui trium cedas potius P. Blois Carm. 27. 5. 25.