barbre

See also: Barbre

Middle English

Alternative forms

barbar

Etymology

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Adjective

barbre

barbarian
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The [Mannes] Tale [of Lawe]”, in The Tales of Caunt́burẏ (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], OCLC 14061358, folio 115, verso, lines 281–282:
  Allas / vn to the Barbre nacion / I moste anon / syn þat it is youre wille
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for barbre in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

References

“barbar, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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