hauberc

Middle English

Noun

hauberc

Alternative form of hauberk

Old French

Alternative forms

halberc, hauberk, hauber, auberc, auberk, alberc, aubert, haubert
osberc, olberc, ausberc, auberc

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin (h)alsbergum, from Frankish.

Noun

hauberc oblique singular, m (oblique plural haubers, nominative singular haubers, nominative plural hauberc)

hauberk (type of chainmail)
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
  Hauberc li vest de buene maille
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

Middle French: haubert, haulber, hauberc
- French: haubert
→ Middle English: hauberk, haubrek, hauberc, hamberk, hawbergh, hawberk
- English: hauberk, hawberk
⇒ Old French: habergun, haubergeon, haubergeun, haubergon, haubergoun, hawberion
- → Middle English: habergeon, haburjoun, haubergeoun, habergeoun, haberjon
  - English: habergeon, haubergeon (historical)

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