† harbryherberyv.
northern dialect and Scottish. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To shelter, lodge: = harbour v. 1.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [verb (transitive)] > provide with temporary accommodation
innOE
harbourc1150
gestena1300
guestc1330
hostelc1330
receivec1384
sojourn1390
harbry14..
shroudc1450
bestow1577
accommodate1592
board1600
quarter1603
stow1607
to put up1635
billet1637
lodge1741
room1840
to fix (a person) up1889
summer-board1889
shack1927
society > leisure > social event > hospitality > show hospitality to [verb (transitive)]
gestena1300
lodgec1325
cherishc1330
guestc1330
to give cheera1393
harbry14..
callc1430
uptakea1470
recueil1477
host1485
entertain1490
to set forth1526
harbour1534
retainc1540
treata1578
water1742
sport1826
have1868
hospitize1895
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > seek (refuge) [verb (transitive)] > shelter > specifically a person, esp. fugitive
receiptc1300
resetc1300
harbour?a1366
receivec1384
harbry14..
recept1472
receive1533
14.. Burgh Laws c. 85 (Skene 90) Na man..aw to harbery ony strangear in his house langar þan a nycht.
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 218 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 262 Nane wald herbry þam in house.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 300 And bad yaim herbery yaim yat nycht.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 268 Nor..Wesyit the seik, nor..Herbreit the wilsum.
1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 233 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 268 I will herbry no gaistis heir perfey.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 129 Na man sovld harbrie strangers.
2. To anchor (a ship) in a haven or harbour.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > berth, moor, or anchor [verb (intransitive)] > come into harbour
havenc1384
harbry1513
harbour1582
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vi. 159 Thi schippis and fallowschip..Other ar herbryit in the havin.
1562 A. Scott Poems (1896) i. 205 Þat Lord may harbary so thy bairge.
3. intransitive. To take shelter, to lodge; to come into a haven, to land.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > [verb (intransitive)]
liec1000
harbourc1200
sojournc1290
layc1300
sojourc1330
to make, take (up) one's lodging1362
pilgrimagea1382
bield?a1400
lodgec1400
tarryc1400
to make (one's) residence1433
harbingec1475
harbry1513
stay1554
roost?1555
embower1591
quarter1591
leaguer1596
allodge1601
tenta1616
visit1626
billet1628
to lie abroad1650
tabernacle1653
sojourney1657
canton1697
stop1797
to shake down1858
to hole up1875
perendinate1886
shack1935
cotch1950
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. viii. 81 We ar defendit to herbry on the sand.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 710 Quhen he harbreit with me.
Derivatives
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1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 703 Strange men had tane herbreyng [1489 Adv. herbryng] In the place.
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