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▪ I. † ver, n.1 Obs. Also Sc. 5–6 wer, 6 uer. [a. L. vēr or OF. ver. In ME. a variant of vere.] The season of spring; springtime.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. l. 8 He shyneth..as the flour of roses in the daȝes of ver. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 91 Whan the clere sonne aroos In grene ver, ful of delyt. c1450Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 435 In whiche yere in the tyme of ver [etc.]. 1450–80tr. Secreta Secret. 27 Ver bigynneth whan þe sonne entrith into the signe of þe Ram. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 226 Syne into ver, quhen that the da grew lang, This king..tuke the feild. 1581T. Howell Deuises (1879) 197 The more to mourne Our Ladie lost in source of sorrowes shaken Which loe in Ver to heauen hath tane the waye. 1600Eng. Helicon (1887) 253 Ver hath made the pleasant field Many several odours yield. b. In more or less personified use.
1390Gower Conf. III. 118 Whan Ver his Seson hath begonne. c1400Destr. Troy 4037 Ver entrid full euyn, eger with all. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas v. xv. (1554) 132 Ver came in with hys newe grene. a1547Surrey in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 8 There might I se how Ver had euery blossom hent. 1568T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 24 Now Lady Ver in liuely greene doth showe her grace in fielde. 1577Grange Golden Aphrod. etc. P iv b, When Ver is in hyr pryme. 1630Drayton Muses Eliz. Nymphal iii. 179 Whilst fresh Ver is flinging Her Bounties abroad. ▪ II. † ver, n.2 Obs.—1 (Meaning obscure.)
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 866 Þe ver by his uisage verayly hit semed Wel neȝ to vche haþel alle on hwes. ▪ III. † ver, v.1 Obs.—1 [Of obscure origin.] trans. ? To spot or bespatter with something.
a1400Morte Arth. 2573 The vesere, the aventaile, his vesturis ryche, With the valyant blode was verrede alle ouer! ▪ IV. † ver, v.2 Obs.—1 [Aphetic f. aver v.] trans. To aver, declare.
c1400Destr. Troy 49 Ouyd and othir þat onest were ay, Virgill þe virtuus, verrit for nobill. ▪ V. ver southern ME. var. far a. and adv., fir, fire n., for prep. ▪ VI. ver obs. Sc. f. were, pa. tense of be v.; obs. Sc. f. war n. and a., were n. (doubt). |