winberie

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wīnberġe, from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją; equivalent to win +‎ berye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiːnbɛriː(ə)/, /ˈwinbɛriː(ə)/

Noun

winberie (plural winberies or winberien)

  1. A grape (fruit of the grapevine)
  2. A kind of berry (possibly the bilberry, like modern English whimberry).

Descendants

  • English: wineberry; whimberry, whinberry, wimberry, winberry, windberry

References

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