† ˈverament, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 4 vere-, 4–6 verrement (4 verree-). β. 4–6 vera-, 4–5 verra-, 5 Sc. werrament.
[ad. AF. veirement (cf. mod. Walloon vèrement), = OF. voirement (still in dial. use), f. veir, voir:—L. vērus true. The β-forms may be partly due to the influence of verraiment veriment.]
Really, truly; = veriment adv.
Freq. c 1330–c 1560, esp. in β-form, often as a mere tag or rime-word.
| α 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 651 Ȝyf þou wene þat verement, Hyt ys aȝens þys comaundement. c 1325 Spec. Gy Warw. 877 Þu shalt fonge verreement Þare þi rihte iugement. c 1400 T. Chestre Launfal 485 Many a knyght, verement, To ground was ibore. a 1450 Myrc Par. Pr. 390 These þre poyntes verement Nowþer schale do, bot boþe assent. 15.. W. Broun in Bannatyne MS. (Hunt. Cl.) 138/6 With havy hairt and mekle dreid I red the scriptour verement. |
| β c 1325 Lai le Freine 255 He..bad his man sigge, verrament, He schuld toward a turnament. c 1386 Chaucer Sir Thopas 2 Listeneth, lordings, in good entent, And I wol tell you verament Of mirth and of solas. 1426 Audelay Poems 6 Fore thou art bounden, go were thou goo,..Ther is no mon may hit undoo Bot he be cursid verament. c 1460 Towneley Myst. iii. 6 The son, the moyne, verament, Thou maide. a 1510 Douglas K. Hart ii. 470 Go send for Deid, thus said he verament. 1561 Queen Esther A iij b, In their mynde they thyncke verament That either for riches & honour Iustis will doe. 1606 N. Baxter Sidney's Ourania D 4 b, Yet not in any sort colour verament For no colours hath the starrie firmament. 1611 in Coryat's Crudities Panegyr. Verses, He did his homage verament And salued them each one. |
b. quasi-n. in verament,
= prec.| c 1450 Songs, Carols, etc. (1907) i. xi. 3 In this tyme God hath sent Hys own Son..To dwell with vs in verament. c 1470 Henry Wallace ix. 1208 It is for gud at he is fra us went; It sall ye se, trast weill, in werrament. c 1550 Rolland Crt. Venus i. 763 [They] deput ane to gif diffinitiue Answer agane..Quhilk Lady hecht Themis in verament. 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuff Wks. (Grosart) V. 247 In verament and sincerity, I neuer crouded through this confluent herring faire. |