Proto-Germanic: *xarwia-, *xarwian- vb.
Meaning: offend
Old Norse: herfilig-r `verächtlich'
Norwegian: herveleg
Old English: hierwan `beschimpfen, verachten, verspotten'
East Frisian: Fris ferhēre `vespotten'
Middle Low German: herwen `herb machen'
Old High German: { harawēn `entzürnen, verspotten' }
Middle High German: har(e), hɛr(e) (harewer, hɛrewer; harwer, hɛrwer) 'herb, bitter'; hɛrwe, hɛrbe, md. harwe st. f. 'herbkeit'; { herwen `verspotten' }
German: herb
