- wínberige
- f (-an/-an) whortle-berry; wine-berry (whimberry), grape
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
wínberige
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whinberry — noun erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue black berries • Syn: ↑bilberry, ↑whortleberry, ↑blaeberry, ↑Viccinium myrtillus • Hypernyms: ↑blueberry, ↑blueberry bush • … Useful english dictionary
wineberry — /wuyn ber ee, beuh ree/, n., pl. wineberries. 1. a prickly shrub, Rubus phoenicolasius, of China and Japan, having pinkish or white flowers and small, red, edible fruit. 2. the fruit of this plant. [bef. 1000; ME winberie, OE winberige grape. See … Universalium
réad — 1. adj red; (a) of plants or fruit; réade wínberige red grapes; (b) of gold; (c) of fire, sky; (d) of blood; séo réade ród the blood stained cross; 2. past 3rd sing of réodan … Old to modern English dictionary
grape — [13] Not surprisingly, given the northerliness of the British Isles, English does not have its own native word for ‘grape’. In Old English it was was called wīnberige, literally ‘wineberry’, and the Old French word grape which Middle English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
grape — mid 13c., from O.Fr. grape bunch of grapes, grape (12c.), probably a back formation from graper steal; grasp; catch with a hook; pick (grapes), from a Frankish word, from P.Gmc. *krappon hook (Cf. M.Du. crappe, O.H.G. krapfo hook; also see CRAMP… … Etymology dictionary
grape — [13] Not surprisingly, given the northerliness of the British Isles, English does not have its own native word for ‘grape’. In Old English it was was called wīnberige, literally ‘wineberry’, and the Old French word grape which Middle English… … Word origins
