herber

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English

Etymology

From Middle English herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”). Doublet of arbour.

Noun

herber (plural herbers)

(rare) A garden in which herbs and vegetables are grown; a herbarium

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

herber

inflection of herb:

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman herber, erber (“garden”), from erbe (“grass, herb”); equivalent to herbe +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

eerbir, erbare, erbayre, erber, erbere, herbere, herbier
arber, arbere (influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”))
herbarwe, herbergh (influenced by herberwe (“harbor”))

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛrˈbɛːr/, /ɛrˈbeːr/, /ˈɛrbər/, /ɛːrb-/

Noun

herber (plural herbers)

A garden or orchard:
- c. 1450, The Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode , (trans. of Vegetius, De re militari), line 98b:
  Also loke þyn gardynes and orchardes & erberes with-ynne þe citee be wel I-tyled, as wel for profite & nede as for honest disport.
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1. A pleasure garden.
  - c. 1300, The Thrush and the Nightingale , line 98:
    'Ich habbe leue to ben here, In orchard and in erbere Mine songes for to singe.
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2. A herb garden.
  - c. 1400, William Langland, Piers Plowman , line 16.15:
    Herte hatte þe erber þat it in groweth.
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  - c. 1400, Kyng Alisaunder , line 331:
    Herbes he took in on herbere And stamped hem in a mortere.
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An arbor; a shady place for sitting.
- c. 1330, The Seven Sages of Rome , line 76:
  Þe louerd had o gardin; A wel fair ympe is þar in; A fair herber hit ouer spredez.
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A lawn; a grassy area.
- c. 1425, The Seven Sages of Rome , line 628:
  He had ordaynd..A faire gardine..Þare stode a faire pine-appel tre..And vnder it was an herber grene.
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Descendants

English: herber, arbour
Scots: herber (obsolete)

References

“hē̆rbẹ̄r, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

herber

Alternative form of herberwe

Etymology 3

Verb

herber

Alternative form of herberwen

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