verye

English

Adjective

verye (comparative verier, superlative veriest)

  1. Obsolete spelling of very.
    • 1562: The Verye Trueth of the Conference Betvvixt the Queene Mother, and the Prince of Conde, Iulye, 1562, main title (W. Seres?)

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

verye

  1. (meaning obscure) element of an incantation[1]
    • c.1386: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller’s Tale, lines 298–299
      Ihesu Crist and seint Benedight Blesse this hous from euery wikked wight

      For nyghtes uerye the white pater noster.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ “†very(e)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Etymology 2

Noun

verye

  1. alternative form of ferie (“ferry crossing”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

verye

  1. alternative form of very

Adverb

verye

  1. alternative form of very
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