alharhe (s.xiv)
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alharhe (s.xiv)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  alharhe  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

The Latin word acerbus can either be interpreted as acerbus 1, 'crab apple' (DMLBS 18a) or acernus, 'of maple-wood' (DMLBS 18a). If the latter, this hapax may be a garbled form of arable1.

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1bot.treesa kind of tree (?): 
( MS: s.xiv )  acerbus -bi est arbor, gallice alharhe  i 31
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