Middle English Dictionary Entry
verǧer n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | verǧer n.(1) Also vergere, vergier, (?error) vergers. |
| Etymology | OF vergier, vergiers, AF verger(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A garden or an orchard; also in fig. context.
Associated quotations
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)5/34 : Þai wolde make a riche halle…in on verger…A mile long al About; Alle tres þer inne were, Þat ani frut an erthe bere.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1938 : An hundreþ þousande conseilers Wiþ Darrie weren in þat vergers [LinI: in þe vergere].
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)175 : Þai toke kownsail…At haue þe childe vnto a hall Biside Rome in a vergere.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3234 : In the verger [F biau vergier]…myrthe hym pleyed.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4528 : Dame Idelnesse…me conveied, thurgh faire praier, To entre into that faire verger.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)310 : Merlin lete rere a vergier, where-ynne was all maner of fruyt and alle maner of flowres.