vernicle
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Searchable Lemmata: vernicle (AF), vernicle (ME), vernicle (MdE), veronicle (MdE).
Alternate Forms: fernicle, fernycle, varnaculle, venacle, vernache, vernacle, vernacul, vernacull, vernacule, vernake, vernakil, vernakile, vernikele, vernyclie, veroni, veronicle, veronike, veronycle, verouike, veuernakyll, warnacul, warnakol, wernakul, weroni.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Garment;
the picture or representation of the face of Christ said to be impressed upon the handkerchief or sudarium of St. Veronica, preserved as a relic in Rome.(ante 1300 still in current use)
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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2(n.)
Accessory;
a cloth or other devotional object bearing such an image or representation of Christ; often carried or worn by pilgrims.(ante 1376 still in current use)
1. Hy a lede mette Aparailid ... in pilgrim wyse ... þe vernicle [vr. vernyclie; C: fernycle] beforn for men shulde knowe ... be his signes whom he sou3t hadde.
Poetic, Vision.
[MED PPl.A(1) ((Trin-C R.3.14) 6.11)]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, from AF and OF vernicle, a pseudo-diminutive variation of veronique, from Medieval Latin veronica, the sudarium of St. Veronica.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: vernicle, veronica.
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