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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Erb(e, n. Also: erbb-, eirb. [ME. erbe (Chaucer), OF. erbe; var. of Herb(e.] A herb.a1400 Leg. S. xl. 396.
In the ȝarde is nane erbe grene
c1420 Wynt. i. 110.
Off arbuste, erbys, … buskis, bankkis, and of bewys
c1475 Wall. iii. 3.
Baith erbe and froyte, busk and bewis
1500 Prestwick B. Rec. 36.
That he … distroyit all the fre menis ȝardis, in caile, erbis & all vthir thair gudis
c1500 Rowll Cursing 22.
Blak be thair hour … That brak his ȝaird … And raif his erbis vp be the rute
1549 Compl. 144/35.
There maist delegat refectione was … green frutis, rutis & eirbis
1569 Edinb. Test. I. 15.
To Williame Aitkyn for erbbis and vnȝeonis

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