berye

Middle English

Alternative forms

• berȝe, berie, bery, byry, beriye

Etymology

From Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛriː(ə)/

Noun

berye (plural beries)

1. berry, fruit
2. grape

Related terms

• blakberie
• *brambelberie
• *hindberie
• houndesberye
• mulbery
• strawbery
• winberie

 

Descendants

• English: berry
• Scots: berie, bery, berrie, berry
• ⇒ Yola: kraanberry

References

• “berie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.