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† skleir, n. Obs.
Also 4 scleire, scleyre, sklayre, skleire, sleyre, slaire.
[a. MLG. sleier, sleiger, = MHG. sleier, mod.G. schleier, Du. sluier, of obscure origin.]
A veil.
13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxxvii. 280 Þis wymmen..Wiþ hornes on heore hed Pinned on vch a syde..Wiþ selk scleyres I-set aboue. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 7 ‘Þat weore a long lettynge’ quaþ a ladi in a skleir [v.rr. scleire, sklayre, slaire, etc.].
Hence † skleir v. trans., to veil. Obs.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love ii. xiv. (Skeat) 25 And with fayre honyed wordes heretykes and mis-meninge people skleren and wimplen their errours. |