DSL - DOST   Her(r)ald, Herauld, Her(r)old, n. Also: herhald; (heroauld), herault; hereald, heirauld, hearald.  [ME. hera(u)lt, her(r)ald (15th c.), herauld (c 1384), OF. herault, med. L. heraldus. Cf. HERROD and HARRALD.] A herald. (a)  Throw out the ost than gart thai ga Heraldis, to make a crye; Barb. xii. 371 (E).  For iiij cotis of armez for the heraldis; 1474 Treas. Acc. I. 61.  Cristiane Dowglas the spous of Lyon herhald; 1507 Edinb. B. Ct. Bk. 7.  Quhen the herald of Ingland had blasonit this Erle David, for ane vailyeant ... knicht; Bell. Boece II. 471.  No man ... preissit to cum within the grene, Bot heraldis and the campiounis kene; Lynd. Meldrum 440.  Thair was herrald [sic] send one euery syd and the day of the battell appointit; Leslie 94. (b)  Herauldis and kingis of armes and menstralis war rewardit; Hay II. 43/31.  All officers of armes to compeir befoir the Lyoun Heroauld; 1554 Treas. Acc. X. 266.  To my L. buriall ... : for ane paper of preynis to buisk the herauldis; 1569 Soc. Ant. VI. 52.  The herauldis, maisseris, trumpetouris, and swescheouris; Diurn. Occurr. 104.  To the herauldis ... passand with displayit coittis; 1600 Treas. Acc. MS. 42 b.  Thair cumis wp to the scaffold tua herauldis in thair cotarmes; Spalding II. 389.  The heraulds who denunced the viscount of Dundee at the mercat cross; 1689 Acts XII. 66/1. (c)  A gowne ... gevin to the hereald of Inglande; 1474 Treas. Acc. I. 27.  Thair come ane hearald furth of France fra the King ... with glaide messuages to him; Leslie 74.  The Duik of Albany ... send ane heirauld unto the Erle of Surrye; Ib. 126. (d)  This discussyng I leif herroldis till end; Wall. vii. 405.  At this herrold he askyt his credence; Ib. viii. 1667.  Patricio Leslie, Lindesay Herrold; 1493 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 464.  To Ylay herold, in the name of the officiaris of armez for thair crying larges on New Yer Day; 1512 Treas. Acc. 1 Jan. (e)  We ... sendis ane herault to Ingland; 1552 Corr. M. Lorraine 361.  The King ... sends a herault; Herries Q. Mary 8.

    b. transf. and fig. A messenger, envoy.  He quha is the trompet of the Apostles, he quha is herald of al cuntreis; Win3et II. 31/22.  O yee myne eyes, the herauldes of my hart; Fowler I. 346/36.