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† ˈverament, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 4 vere-, 4–6 verrement (4 verree-). β. 4–6 vera-, 4–5 verra-, 5 Sc. werrament.
[ad. AF. veirement (cf. mod. Walloon vèrement), = OF. voirement (still in dial. use), f. veir, voir:—L. vērus true. The β-forms may be partly due to the influence of verraiment veriment.]
Really, truly; = veriment adv.
Freq. c 1330–c 1560, esp. in β-form, often as a mere tag or rime-word.
α1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 651 Ȝyf þou wene þat verement, Hyt ys aȝens þys comaundement. c1325Spec. Gy Warw. 877 Þu shalt fonge verreement Þare þi rihte iugement. c1400T. Chestre Launfal 485 Many a knyght, verement, To ground was ibore. a1450Myrc Par. Pr. 390 These þre poyntes verement Nowþer schale do, bot boþe assent. 15..W. Broun in Bannatyne MS. (Hunt. Cl.) 138/6 With havy hairt and mekle dreid I red the scriptour verement.
βc1325Lai le Freine 255 He..bad his man sigge, verrament, He schuld toward a turnament. c1386Chaucer Sir Thopas 2 Listeneth, lordings, in good entent, And I wol tell you verament Of mirth and of solas. 1426Audelay Poems 6 Fore thou art bounden, go were thou goo,..Ther is no mon may hit undoo Bot he be cursid verament. c1460Towneley Myst. iii. 6 The son, the moyne, verament, Thou maide. a1510Douglas K. Hart ii. 470 Go send for Deid, thus said he verament. 1561Queen Esther A iij b, In their mynde they thyncke verament That either for riches & honour Iustis will doe. 1606N. Baxter Sidney's Ourania D 4 b, Yet not in any sort colour verament For no colours hath the starrie firmament. 1611in Coryat's Crudities Panegyr. Verses, He did his homage verament And salued them each one.
b. quasi-n. in verament, = prec.
c1450Songs, Carols, etc. (1907) i. xi. 3 In this tyme God hath sent Hys own Son..To dwell with vs in verament. c1470Henry Wallace ix. 1208 It is for gud at he is fra us went; It sall ye se, trast weill, in werrament. c1550Rolland Crt. Venus i. 763 [They] deput ane to gif diffinitiue Answer agane..Quhilk Lady hecht Themis in verament. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuff Wks. (Grosart) V. 247 In verament and sincerity, I neuer crouded through this confluent herring faire. |