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)

1. A grape (fruit of the grapevine)
2. 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.