herbergeour

Middle English

Noun

herbergeour (plural herbergeours)

1. Alternative form of herberjour
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Mannes] Tale [of Lawe]”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 126, recto:

     The fame anon thurgh Rome town is born / How Alla kyng shal comen in pilgrymage / By herbergeours that wenten him biforn

     And the news immediately spread throughout all of Rome: / that the king Ælla was to come on pilgrimage / By harbingers who went in advance of him.

References

• “herbergeour”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.