A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Herber(e, v. [ME. (chiefly north. and north midl.) herber (a 1300).] tr. and reflex. = Herbery v.(1) 1375 Barb. v. 48 (E).
Ma than twa partis off his rowt War herberyt [C. herbreit] in the toune without 14.. Acts I. 338/2.
Gif thar he ony that herberis or resavis misdoaris a1500 Prestis of Peblis 78.
In ane hall … He herberit all his burgesis riche & bene c1515 Asl. MS. II. 75/6.
I haue … nocht herberit thaim that misterit 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii. 20.
That na man be herbered or lodged in the … granges of … kirkmen … to the destruction of … their gudesfig. ?1438 Alex. ii. 3954.
Lawte passis all … Quhen it in gude man herberit is(2) reflex. 1375 Barb. i. 599.
He … Rade to the Kyng … And in Lundyn hym herberyd he Ib. xii. 391 (E).
Thai herberyd thaim that nycht Doune in the Kers
