What is the meaning of Herse?
A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes, hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered to impede the advance of an enemy.
Obsolete form of hearse (“a carriage for the dead”).
Alternative form of hearse
harrow (device for breaking up soil)
portcullis (gate in the form of a grating)
spike strip, road spikes, traffic spikes
grate, grill (especially to block large objects floating down a river)
candlestick, candelabrum (with a triangular base and spikes to hold large candles)
stage lighting instrument, luminaire that disperses light over a stage
inflection of herser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular present imperative
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
second-person singular present imperative
hersir (a local chief lord up until about 1050)
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