hauberc
Middle English edit
Noun edit
hauberc
- Alternative form of hauberk
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Early Medieval Latin (h)alsbergum, from Frankish.
Noun edit
hauberc oblique singular, m (oblique plural haubers, nominative singular haubers, nominative plural hauberc)
- hauberk (type of chainmail)
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Hauberc li vest de buene maille
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants edit
- Middle French: haubert, haulber, hauberc
- French: haubert
- → Middle English: hauberk, haubrek, hauberc, hamberk, hawbergh, hawberk
- ⇒ Old French: habergun, haubergeon, haubergeun, haubergon, haubergoun, hawberion
- → Middle English: habergeon, haburjoun, haubergeoun, habergeoun, haberjon
- English: habergeon, haubergeon (historical)
- → Middle English: habergeon, haburjoun, haubergeoun, habergeoun, haberjon