Middle English Dictionary Entry
herbāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | herbāǧe n. Also herbaige, erbage, arbage, yerbage. |
| Etymology | OF erbage & ML herbāgium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Grass, turf; grass and other non-woody plants collectively; (b) coll. garden vegetables; esp. leafy vegetables; also, a vegetable or other garden plant; (c) a magical concoction made of herbs.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.1397 : Sche tho fledde aweie..and let hire wympel falle Nyh to the welle upon therbage.
- (1419) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8514 : Thay that has taken tham to ferme..sall kytte the herbage that grewys apon the mote.
- ?c1450 Susan.(Mrg M 818)8 : To seche thorowe þe cete, was þer none siche Of erbes and of erbage so dernely dyht.
b
- (1425) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.188/1484 : Item, for Erbage, iij d. ob. Item, for v galons of Creme, xx d.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)606 : He taughte þaym by tyme þaire tithing to bringe Of all manier grene þat groweth vppon erthe..Herbaige and oygnons and alle suche þinges.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)37/15 : Þe tythe muste be payed of..fruytes of treen, herbage of gardynes.
- (1469) Will Bury in Camd.4946 : I will that the seid Denyse have halle the gardyn on the westsyd..with all the comedities wythyn the seid gardyn and curtelage growyng and beyng, as in herbagis, frutes, fedyngis.
- a1500 Travel Instruc.(CotApp 8)280 : Do purvey you in euery place of fressh brede and erbage, pulleyne and fressh egges.
c
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)21078 : I ber ek in thys paner..Dyvers wrytes and ymages, Oynementys and herbages, Gadryd in constellaciouns.
2.
The right to collect fees from persons pasturing livestock, other than swine, on lands belonging to the king or to the lord of the manor [orig. the fees or payments themselves].
Associated quotations
- [ (a1189) in Madox Form.Angl.(1702)295 : Et ego eandem terram..dedi & concessi &..confirmavi; scilicet, Masagium suum..& Herbagium quod Curiæ suæ pertinet. ]
- [ (1344) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.xxxv : Et de xlij s. viij d. receptis de erbagio de Wyndegates et de Softeley. ]
- (1450) RParl.5.191a : Provided also, that Thomas Haryngton Knyght..be not hurte or prejudised by this Acte, of eny Dymyse, Graunt or Lees..of the arbages and pastures of Radam Park..or of yerbages or pastures of Graydale..which herbages and pastures were late graunted to the said Thomas, for his service done and to be done to youre Highnes.
- (1450) RParl.5.193a : That this Act or Petition, extend not ne be prejudiciall unto Sir Edmond Hampden Knyght..ne of or in oure Graunt made unto hym, of the herbage in oure Park of Bekely, so it excede not L s. by yere, after the tenurs of oure Letterz Patentz therof made unto hym.
- (1450) RParl.5.194a : Provided also, that this Petition and Acte, extende noght ner be prejudiciall to Ric' Molyneux Knyght nor to Ric' his son..of any Lese or Graunt, made by us unto thaym for terme of yeres, of any Herbage of any of oure Parkes or Wodes.
- (1464) RParl.5.534b : Nor of any Graunte..of the Office of the kepyng of oure Parke of Guldford in the Counte of Surr', or of the Herbage and Pannage of the same Parke yerely commyng and growyng.
- (1473) RParl.6.75b : Of which Haie, the soile, wod, herbage, and pannage were the propre and verray enheritaunce of the seid late Duc and his heires.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)239/20 : That wode shold availe by yere, as in herbage, pannage, and all other goyng-out or availes, xxxiiij shillings.