(formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point. / (metatextual) Previously within the present text; earlier herein.

(historical, from 1974 to 1998) A county in the West Midlands of England, formed from the short-lived merger of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

(religion) a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs

A person who treats diseases by means of medicinal herbs.

A messenger, especially one bringing important news. / A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.

(transitive) To proclaim or announce an event. / (transitive, usually passive) To greet something with excitement; to hail.

Alternative form of hareld (“long-tailed duck”)

An inheritance; property that may be inherited. / A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

(uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, to, here. / (idiomatic) overwhelmed, busy, buried or swamped / Used as an intensifier