herberwe

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From the oblique cases of Old English herebeorg, from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu; equivalent to here (“army”) +‎ bergh. Forms with /u/ show remodelling of the second element based on Old English burh, while Northern forms in /iː/ likely show the same development of an epenthetic vowel between /ɛl/, /ɛr/ and historic /ɣ/ as Northern Middle English sweligh and Early Scots swely (“to swallow”); this evidently postdates the monophthongisation of Old English /e͜o/. ==== Alternative forms ==== harborowe, harbrow, herbarwe, herberewe, herberge, herbergh, herberȝ, herberȝ, herberough, herberow, herberowe, herberowȝe, herberwh, herbore, herborewe, herborogh, herborowe, herboru, herborugh, herborwe hærberȝe, hærberwe, herberia, herboruwe, hereberȝe (Early Middle English); herbearhe (AB language); herrberrȝhe (Ormulum) harborow, harborrow, harburrow, herberhe, herborgh, herbrow, herburgh (Late Middle English); herberi, herberie, herberye, herbory (Northern); harbar, harber, herbar, herber (West Midland or Yorkshire); herborwh (West Midland) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɛrˌbɛrwə/, /ˈhɛrbɛrɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛruː/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛrx(ə)/, /ˈhar-/ IPA(key): /ˈhɛrˌburwə/, /ˈhɛrˌburɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈhɛrˌburuː/, /ˈhɛrˌburx(ə)/, /ˈhar-/ (influenced by burh) IPA(key): /ˈhɛrbəriː/, /ˈharbəriː/ (Northern), /ˈhɛrbər/, /ˈharbər/ (especially Late Middle English) ==== Noun ==== herberwe (plural herberwes) A place of residence; habitations: Accommodation, shelter; a temporary residence. A military base or camp. (figurative) The womb; the uterus. (rare) Providing for guests; hospitality. (nautical, rare) A harbour or port. ===== Related terms ===== herberer herberwen herberweles ===== Descendants ===== 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) ===== References ===== “herberwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== herberwe alternative form of herberwen