verye

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

verye

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

Etymology 3[edit]

Adjective[edit]

verye

  1. Alternative form of very

Adverb[edit]

verye

  1. Alternative form of very
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