† vern.1
Obsolete.
a. The season of spring; springtime.
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the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring
LenteneOE
LentlOE
warea1300
verec1325
vera1382
vere-time1382
springing timea1387
springinga1398
springa1400
prime tempsa1425
the spring of the year1481
grass1485
springtime1495
prime time1503
sap-time?1523
spring tide1530
(the) spring of the leaf1538
prime1541
prime tide1549
voar1629
vernal season1644
vernal1654
outcome1672
Lent term1691
blossom-time1713
open water1759
rabi1783
budding-timea1807
ware-time1820
growing season1845
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. l. 8 He shyneth..as the flour of roses in the daȝes of ver.
c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 91 Whan the clere sonne aroos In grene ver, ful of delyt.
1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. 27 Ver bigynneth whan þe sonne entrith into the signe of þe Ram.
c1450 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 435 In whiche yere in the tyme of ver [etc.].
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 226 Syne into ver, quhen that the da grew lang, This king..tuke the feild.
1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. E.j The more to mourne, Our Ladie lost in source of sorrowes shaken, Which loe in Ver to heauen hath tane the waye.
1614 W. Browne in Englands Helicon (new ed.) sig. Q8v Ver hath made the pleasant field Many seu'rall odours yeeld.
b. In more or less personified use.
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1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 118 Whan Ver his Seson hath begonne.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) v. xv. 132 Ver came in with hys newe grene.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4037 Ver entrid full euyn, eger with all.
a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 11 There might I see how Ver had every blossom hent.
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 3v Now Lady Ver in liuely greene doth showe hir grace in fielde.
1577 J. Grange Garden in Golden Aphroditis sig. Pivv When Ver is in hyr pryme.
1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium iii. 27 Whilst fresh Ver is flinging, Her Bounties abroad.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† vern.2
Obsolete. rare.
(Meaning obscure.)
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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 866 Þe ver by his uisage verayly hit semed Wel neȝ to vche haþel alle ou[er] hwes.
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† verv.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. ? To spot or bespatter with something.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > spot [verb (transitive)]
ver?a1400
degout1423
spot?c1425
drop1548
polka dot1900
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2573 The vesere, the aventaile, his vesturis ryche, With the valyant blode was verrede alle ouer!
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† verv.2
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To aver, declare.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)]
vowc1330
anferme1340
affirma1382
willa1382
threapc1386
avow1393
to make oneself strongc1425
maintain?c1430
protest1440
traverse1491
assure1509
ferma1525
verc1540
profess1542
enforce1579
justify1579
aver1582
to take on1583
asserta1604
will1614
assevera1618
positive1656
autume1661
declare1709
obtesta1722
predicate1782
asseveratea1847
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 49 Ouyd and othir þat onest were ay, Virgill þe virtuus, verrit for nobill.
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