herberwen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• harber, harborowe, herbare, herbarewen, herbarwen, herber, herbere, herberewe, herberewen, herberghen, herberghwen, herbergwyn, herberowe, herberwe, herberwyn, herbore, herborewe, herborowe, herborwe, herborwen
• herbarhin, herbergen, herborȝin, hereborewi (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English herebeorgian; equivalent to herberwe +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrˌbɛrwən/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛrxən/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛrɔu̯ən/, /ˈhɛrˌbɛriu̯ən/, /ˈhar-/
• (with reduction) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrb(ə)rən/, /ˈharb(ə)rən/

Verb

herberwen

1. To accommodate or lodge; to have as a guest:

   Synonym: housen

   1. To provide shelter or refuge.
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 25:35, page 14r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

        foꝛ I hungride .· ⁊ ȝe ȝauen me to ete / and I þirſtide .· and ȝe ȝauen me to dꝛynke / I was herboꝛles .· ⁊ ȝe herboꝛiden me […]

        Because I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was homeless, and you sheltered me […]

   2. To give out accommodations (to someone).
2. To house; to permanently accommodate.
3. To dwell or stay; to make accommodation.

   Synonym: housen

4. To shelter or store (an animal or thing)

   Synonym: housen

5. (hunting, rare) To drive to a lair.

Conjugation

Conjugation of herberwen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) herberwen, herberwe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	herberwe	herberwed
2nd-person singular	herberwest	herberwedest
3rd-person singular	herberweth	herberwed
subjunctive singular	herberwe
imperative singular		—
plural1	herberwen, herberwe	herberweden, herberwede
imperative plural	herberweth, herberwe	—
participles	herberwynge, herberwende	herberwed, yherberwed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: harbor, harbour
• Scots: hairbor, hairbour

References

• “herberwen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.