Noun: herbe
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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[…] as a coꝛn of ſyneuei · which whãne it is ſowen in þe erþe .· is leſſe þan alle ſeedis þat ben in þe erþe / and whãne it is ſpꝛungen up · it wexiþ in to a tree · ⁊ is maad grettir þan alle erbis / and it makiþ grete bꝛaũchis .· ſo þat bꝛiddis of heuene moũ dwelle vndur þe ſchadewe þ̇ of / ([…] like a mustard seed, which is smaller than every [other] seed in the ground when it is sowed, / but after it has sprouted, it grows into a tree that's larger than all the plants and develops long branches so the birds in the sky can nest under its shade.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Mark 4:31-32, folio 17, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
Nouns inflected like herbe
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old French erbe, from Latin herba. See: Latin Nouns '
herba'.
Verbs referencing "herbe"
English Nouns
herb.
Translations