herbitum

Etymology
In sense 1, possibly an altered version of (compare Portuguese ), likely influenced by, which Isidore cites in his explanation. Perhaps compare also Italian erbato and Spanish.

The sense "lawn", given by Gaffiot and by Gustav Friedrich Hildebrand's Glossarium and possibly attested by a gloss, may represent a second lexeme, as it does not fit with Isidore's usage. A meaning "lawn" would make sense as a variant spelling of from  (compare Catalan ). Compare also and.

Noun

 * 1) the name of some kind of plant fed as fodder to flocks
 * 2) a lawn, meadow
 * 1) a lawn, meadow
 * 1) a lawn, meadow

Usage notes
The word occurs in a section of Isidore's Etymologies that explains the names of various plants, such as, and , which suggests that for Isidore herbitum was the name of some specific plant. The identification of the species seems uncertain, although the assumption by Forcellini and Quicherat that it is the rhododendron (mentioned in Isidore's immediately preceding entry) must be rejected. As the Old English glossary where this word appears contains other vocabulary that seems to be taken from Isidore, its definition is presumably derived from that source.

It occurs with no definition or context in a manuscript of the Commentarii notarum Tironianarum (a book of shorthand symbols).