Middle English Dictionary Entry
hurtil-berī n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hurtil-berī n. |
| Etymology | ?Cp. horten n. & hurtelen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The whortleberry bush (Vaccinium myrtillus); the fruit of this bush.
Associated quotations
- (1452-4) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)339/22 : Item, paye for hurtilbery rootes, persely sede and othir sedis.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)82 : Bewar at eve..of Strawberies & hurtilberyes with the cold Ioncate.