† harbergery, herbergery Obs.
Forms: 4 herbergery(e, -i(e, herbagery, -ie, herbergrye. -borgerie, (harbergary), 4–5 herbe-, harburgery.
[a. OF. herbergerie (herbegerie, hebergerie, habergerie, etc.), f. herbergere harbinger, herbergier to lodge; see harbinge v. and -ery 1 b.]
1. Lodging, entertainment.
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 10106 Þarfore makeþ he none herbergerye. c 1330 ― Chron. (1810) 203 At þe dangu þat nyght he tok his herbegerie. c 1340 Cursor M. 14709 (Fairf.) His herbagery sal be in helle. 1382 Wyclif Gen. xxiv. 32 He ladde hym into the hows of herbergrye [1388 the ynne]. 1387 Trevisa Higden v. ix. (Rolls) V. 403 Oon to þe bisshop and his meyne to fynde harburgy [v. rr. herbergrye, herbegerye]. |
2. Place of lodging or entertainment; inn.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 8286 Make þam a riche herbergeri [v. rr. herbageri, herbergery, wonyng]. 1382 Wyclif Luke xxii. 11 Where is the herborgerie [1388 chaumbre] where I schal ete pask with my disciplis? 1390 Gower Conf. III. 99 The splen is to malencoly Assigned for herbergery. c 1440 Bone Flor. 1760 At thys burges hows he toke hur downe, There was hur harburgerie. |