herber

== 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 === === Adjective === herber inflection of herb: strong/mixed nominative masculine singular strong genitive/dative feminine singular strong genitive plural == 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 [Douce], (trans. of Vegetius, De re militari), line 98b: A pleasure garden. c. 1300, The Thrush and the Nightingale [Digby], line 98: A herb garden. c. 1400, William Langland, Piers Plowman [Laud Misc.], line 16.15: c. 1400, Kyng Alisaunder [Laud Misc.], line 331: An arbor; a shady place for sitting. c. 1330, The Seven Sages of Rome [Auchinleck], line 76: A lawn; a grassy area. c. 1425, The Seven Sages of Rome [Cotton Galba], line 628: ===== 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 (Cheshire, Northern, Oxfordshire) alternative form of herberwe === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== herber alternative form of herberwen