FromMiddle Englishherber,erber(“pleasure garden; herb garden”).Doublet ofarbour.

herber (pluralherbers)

1. (rare) Agarden in whichherbs andvegetables are grown; aherbarium

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herber

1. inflection ofherb:
   1. strong/mixednominativemasculinesingular
   2. stronggenitive/dativefemininesingular
   3. stronggenitiveplural

FromAnglo-Normanherber,erber(“garden”), fromerbe(“grass, herb”); equivalent toherbe +‎-er.

• eerbir,erbare,erbayre,erber,erbere,herbere,herbier
• arber,arbere(influenced byLatinarbor(“tree”))
• herbarwe,herbergh(influenced byherberwe(“harbor”))

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

herber (pluralherbers)

1. Agarden ororchard:
   • c. 1450,The Book of Vegecye of Dedes of Knyghthode [Douce], (trans. ofVegetius,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. Apleasuregarden.
      • c. 1300,The Thrush and the Nightingale [Digby], line 98:

        'Ich habbe leue to ben here, In orchard and inerbere Mine songes for to singe.

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   2. Aherb garden.
      • c. 1400,William Langland,Piers Plowman [Laud Misc.], line 16.15:

        Herte hatte þeerber þat it in groweth.

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      • c. 1400,Kyng Alisaunder [Laud Misc.], line 331:

        Herbes he took in onherbere And stamped hem in a mortere.

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2. Anarbor; a shady place for sitting.
   • c. 1330,The Seven Sages of Rome [Auchinleck], line 76:

     Þe louerd had o gardin; A wel fair ympe is þar in; A fairherber hit ouer spredez.

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3. Alawn; agrassyarea.
   • c. 1425,The Seven Sages of Rome [Cotton Galba], line 628:

     He had ordaynd..A faire gardine..Þare stode a faire pine-appel tre..And vnder it was anherber grene.

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• English:herber,arbour
• Scots:herber(obsolete)

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

herber

1. (Cheshire, Northern, Oxfordshire)alternative form ofherberwe

herber

1. alternative form ofherberwen

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