▪ 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.
| 1382 Wyclif Ecclus. l. 8 He shyneth..as the flour of roses in the daȝes of ver. c 1407 Lydg. Reson & Sens. 91 Whan the clere sonne aroos In grene ver, ful of delyt. c 1450 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 435 In whiche yere in the tyme of ver [etc.]. 1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. 27 Ver bigynneth whan þe sonne entrith into the signe of þe Ram. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 226 Syne into ver, quhen that the da grew lang, This king..tuke the feild. 1581 T. 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. 1600 Eng. Helicon (1887) 253 Ver hath made the pleasant field Many several odours yield. |
b. In more or less personified use.
| 1390 Gower Conf. III. 118 Whan Ver his Seson hath begonne. c 1400 Destr. Troy 4037 Ver entrid full euyn, eger with all. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas v. xv. (1554) 132 Ver came in with hys newe grene. a 1547 Surrey in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 8 There might I se how Ver had euery blossom hent. 1568 T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 24 Now Lady Ver in liuely greene doth showe her grace in fielde. 1577 Grange Golden Aphrod. etc. P iv b, When Ver is in hyr pryme. 1630 Drayton 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.
| ? a 1400 Morte 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.
| c 1400 Destr. 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).