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The fame anon thurgh toun is born
How Alla kyng shal comen on pilgrymage,
By herbergeours that wenten hym biforn
- Geoffrey Chaucer, 'The Man of Law's Tale', 1386.
Rendering in modern English:
The news through all the town was carried,
How King Alla would come on pilgrimage,
By harbingers that went before him.
I used to think the same thing, then I heard it pronounced and fell in love with it all over again. It's all about the soft "g" as in "HAR bin jer." It's fun on totally different grounds.
I don't care for this word because I always think it should be "harbringer".