A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Verrayment], adv. verily, C2; verament, S3, HD.

[ Vers], sb. verse, PP.—AF. vers; Lat. uersus.

[ Versifie], v. to compose verses, PP.

[ Versifyour], sb. versifier; vercefyour, S2.

[ Vertu], sb. power, healing power, miracle, virtue, kindness, S2, PP, W, C2; vertues, pl., S2. Phr.: the Lord of vertues, the Lord of hosts, W2, H.—OF. vertu, virtud; Lat. uirtutem.

[ Verveine], sb. vervain, SkD; verueyne, S2; verveyn, Voc.—OF. verveine; Lat. uerbēna; see BH, § 44.

[ Very], adj. true, W; see [Verray].

[ Vese], v. to drive away, HD; see [Fesien].

[ Vese], sb. a rush of wind, C.—Cp. Icel. fýsi, impulse. See above.

[ Vestiment], sb. vestment, C2; uestimenz, pl., S, C.—OF. vestiment (Bartsch); Lat. uestimentum.