winberie
Middle English
Alternative forms
- winberi, wynberie, wynberiȝ, wyneberie, wynneberie
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wīnberġe, from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją; equivalent to win + berye.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːnbɛriː(ə)/, /ˈwinbɛriː(ə)/
Noun
winberie (plural winberies or winberien)
- A grape (fruit of the grapevine)
- A kind of berry (possibly the bilberry, like modern English whimberry).
Descendants
- English: wineberry; whimberry, whinberry, wimberry, winberry, windberry
References
- “wīn-berie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.