Middle English Dictionary Entry
versī̆en v.
Entry Info
| Forms | versī̆en v. Also versi(e. |
| Etymology | OF versier to versify. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To recite the divine office;
(b) to compose verse.
Associated quotations
a
- c1440(?c1350) Mirror St.Edm.(4) (Thrn)40/16 : One þe same manere sall þou say and do at thyne offece in þe qweire, for swa sayse þe prophete, ‘Psallite sapienter’; and þat es to say, ‘Synges and versy wysely,’ þat es to say or to syng wyesly.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)18.109 : Þer is nouthe non who so nymeþ hete [read: hede], That can uersie fayre oþer formeliche endite.