See herberwe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 1390, “Merci passeþ. alle þinge.”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1), Worcestershire, folio 407, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
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"ipa": "/ˈhɛrˌbɛruː/"
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"2": "here",
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"id1": "army",
"t1": "army"
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"name": "af"
},
{
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"name": "m+"
},
{
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"1": "enm-nor",
"2": "sweligh"
},
"expansion": "Northern Middle English sweligh",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm-esc",
"2": "swely",
"t": "to swallow"
},
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}
],
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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"alternative"
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},
{
"form": "herbarwe",
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]
},
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"form": "herberewe",
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]
},
{
"form": "herberge",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herbergh",
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]
},
{
"form": "herberȝ",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "herberȝ",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herberough",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herberow",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herberowe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herberowȝe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herberwh",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herbore",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herborewe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herborogh",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herborowe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herboru",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herborugh",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herborwe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "hærberȝe",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "hærberwe",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "herberia",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "herboruwe",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "hereberȝe",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "herbearhe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herrberrȝhe",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Ormulum"
]
},
{
"form": "harborow",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "harborrow",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "harburrow",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "herberhe",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "herborgh",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "herbrow",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "herburgh",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "herberi",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "herberie",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "herbory",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "harbar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "harber",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "herbar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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]
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"text": "To ech of hem his tyme and his seson, / As thyn herberwe chaungeth lowe or heighe",
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"english": "When I really needed shelter / You wouldn't take me to your house […]",
"ref": "c. 1390, “Merci passeþ. alle þinge.”, in Sowlehele (Vernon Lyrics, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1), Worcestershire, folio 407, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
"text": "Whon I. of herboꝛwe. hedde gret nede / Þou woldeſt not. to þin hous me take […]",
"translation": "When I really needed shelter / You wouldn't take me to your house […]",
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"A military base or camp."
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[
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"The womb; the uterus."
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"glosses": [
"Providing for guests; hospitality."
],
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"guest",
"guest"
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"hospitality",
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"(rare) Providing for guests; hospitality."
],
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"rare"
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"enm:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"A harbour or port."
],
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"nautical",
"nautical"
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[
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"(nautical, rare) A harbour or port."
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"ipa": "/ˈhɛrˌbɛrwə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛrbɛrɔu̯(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛrˌbɛruː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛrˌbɛrx(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhar-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛrˌburwə/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛrˌburɔu̯(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛrˌburuː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛrˌburx(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhar-/",
"note": "influenced by burh"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛrbəriː/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈharbəriː/",
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"Northern"
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈhɛrbər/"
},
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"ipa": "/ˈharbər/",
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"Late-Middle-English",
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}
],
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