skleren
Middle English
Etymology
From sklere (“a veil, headdress; a cloak or an overgarment”)
Verb
skleren (third-person singular simple present sklereth, present participle sklerende, sklerynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle sklered)
- to veil, conceal
- With fayre honyed wordes heretykes and mis-meninge people skleren and wimplen their errours. — Testament of Love, Thomas Usk
References
- Middle English Dictionary