herberwe

From Old English herebeorg, from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu; equivalent to here (“army”) +‎ bergh. The final vowel is levelled in from the Old English oblique cases; forms ending in /iː/ may be from the Old English dative singular.

• harber, harborow, harborowe, harborrow, harbrow, harburrow, herbarwe, herber, herberewe, herberge, herbergh, herberȝ, herberȝe, herberhe, herberi, herberie, herberough, herberow, herberowe, herberowȝe, herberwh, herbore, herborewe, herborgh, herborogh, herborowe, herboru, herborugh, herborwe, herborwh, herbory, herbrow, herburgh
• hærberȝe, hærberwe, herbearhe, herberia, herboruwe, hereberȝe, herrberrȝhe (Early Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrˌbɛrwə/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛrx(ə)/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛriu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛriː/, /ˈhar-/
• (with reduction) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrbər(ə)/, /ˈharbər(ə)/

herberwe (plural herberwes)

1. A place of residence; habitations:
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Frankeleyns Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     To ech of hem his tyme and his seson, / As thyn herberwe chaungeth lowe or heighe

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   1. Accommodation, shelter; a temporary residence.
   2. A military base or camp.
   3. (figurative) The womb; the uterus.
2. (rare) Providing for guests; hospitality.
3. (nautical, rare) A harbour or port.

• herberer
• herberwen
• herberweles

• English: harbor, harbour (Commonwealth), harborough, herborough, harborow (all obsolete)
  • → Cebuano: harbor
  • → Marshallese: aba
  • → Welsh: harbwr
• Middle Scots: herbery, harbery, herbrie
  • Scots: harboury (obsolete), hairbour (possibly borrowed from English)

• “herberwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

herberwe

1. alternative form of herberwen