† vernagen.

Forms: Also Scottish warnage.

Etymology: < Old French vernage, vernace, vernache, < Italian vernaccia ‘a kind of strong wine like malmesie or muskadine, or bastard wine’ (Florio, 1598). Compare medieval Latin vernagium, vernacium, vernachia.

Obsolete.

A strong and sweet kind of white Italian wine.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > Italian wines > [noun]

vernagec1386

vernagellec1460

tear1526

Romanescoa1566

mountflascon1566

Lacryma Christi1590

Falern1601

Surrentine1601

Liatico1622

Palermo1632

verdea1637

verdé1647

Montefiascone1658

Montepulciano1673

vino santo1686

Setin1693

Florence1707

Falernian1726

Lacrima1750

Mamertine1782

Aleatico1805

vernaccia1824

Cannonau1828

Chianti1833

Orvieto wine1846

Sabine1863

Barolo1875

Capri1877

Prosecco1881

moscato1903

Valpolicella1903

Recioto1905

spumante1908

Lambrusco1934

Soave1934

Frascati1935

Sassella1935

Amarone1964

Brunello di Montalcino1964

Trebbiano1965

vinsanto1965

brunello1966

c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 563 He drinkith ypocras, clarre, and vernage Of spices hote, to encrese his corrage.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 8 In stede of drinke I underfonge A thoght so swete in mi corage, That nevere Pyment ne vernage Was half so swete forto drinke.

c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 22 Take vernage, oþer strong wyne of þe beste þat a man may fynde [etc.].

c1460 Play Sacram. 428 They faryd as dronk men of pymente or vernage.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 317 King Eduuardis self coud nocht get bettyr wyn Than thai had thar, warnage and wenysoun, Off bestiall in-to full gret fusioun.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 17 Bot Inglismen..Stuffit housis with wyn and gud wernage.

c1500 Blowbols Test. 336 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 107 Malmasyes, Tires, and Rumneys,..Vernage, Cute, and Raspays also.

attributive.a1400 Sqr. lowe Degre 754 Ye shall have rumney and malmesyne, Both ypocrasse, and vernage wyne.

Derivatives

† vernagelle n. Obsolete a variety of vernage.

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