Middle English Dictionary Entry
arborīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | arborīe n. Also arberie. |
| Etymology | OF arboirie |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Growth of trees; shrubbery.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)169/30 : In þat contree is but lytill Arberye [OF poy darbres], ne trees þat beren frute ne oþere.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3244 : The vale was enuerownde with vynes of siluer..Enhorilde with arborye and alkyns trees.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Susan.(Hnt HM 114)11 : Þer was non siche..Wiþin þe cercle of the sees, Of arborye and aloes, Of all manere of trees.
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