"veir" meaning in Middle English

See veir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /væi̯r/ Forms: veyres [plural], feir [alternative], vair [alternative], vaire [alternative], veire [alternative], ver [alternative], voir [alternative], ware [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French vair, from Latin varius (“variegated”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|vair}} Borrowed from Old French vair, {{der|enm|la|varius|t=variegated}} Latin varius (“variegated”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} veir, {{enm-noun|pl=veyres}} veir (plural veyres)
  1. vair (squirrel fur)
    Sense id: en-veir-enm-noun-aKPKCXZP Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 37 32
  2. vair clothing
    Sense id: en-veir-enm-noun-YMlc~gqz Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Clothing Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 37 32 Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 100 0 0
  3. (rare) weasel, stoat Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-veir-enm-noun-qlTvJqFY Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Hides Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 37 32 Disambiguation of Hides: 15 15 54 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} veir
  1. (Late Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of fyr Tags: Late-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fyr
    Sense id: en-veir-enm-noun-lRI62Tf3 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Worcestershire Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 15 37 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "vair"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "vair"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "vier"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "wyer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "vierd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "vair",
      "vair#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "varius",
      "varius#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vair"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French vair",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "varius",
        "t": "variegated"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin varius (“variegated”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French vair, from Latin varius (“variegated”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "veyres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vair",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ver",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "voir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ware",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "veir",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "veyres"
      },
      "expansion": "veir (plural veyres)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 37 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vair (squirrel fur)"
      ],
      "id": "en-veir-enm-noun-aKPKCXZP",
      "links": [
        [
          "vair",
          "vair"
        ],
        [
          "squirrel",
          "squirrel#English"
        ],
        [
          "fur",
          "fur#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 37 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "enm:Clothing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vair clothing"
      ],
      "id": "en-veir-enm-noun-YMlc~gqz",
      "links": [
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 37 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 54 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Hides",
          "orig": "enm:Hides",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weasel, stoat"
      ],
      "id": "en-veir-enm-noun-qlTvJqFY",
      "links": [
        [
          "weasel",
          "weasel"
        ],
        [
          "stoat",
          "stoat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) weasel, stoat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/væi̯r/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "veir"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "var": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "veir",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fyr"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Worcestershire Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 15 37 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of fyr"
      ],
      "id": "en-veir-enm-noun-lRI62Tf3",
      "links": [
        [
          "fyr",
          "fyr#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Worcestershire",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of fyr"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "veir"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
    "Middle English variant lemmas",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Clothing",
    "enm:Hides",
    "rm:Vision"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "vair"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "vair"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "vier"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "wyer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "vierd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "vair",
      "vair#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "varius",
      "varius#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vair"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French vair",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "varius",
        "t": "variegated"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin varius (“variegated”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French vair, from Latin varius (“variegated”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "veyres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vair",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "veire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ver",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "voir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ware",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "veir",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "veyres"
      },
      "expansion": "veir (plural veyres)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vair (squirrel fur)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vair",
          "vair"
        ],
        [
          "squirrel",
          "squirrel#English"
        ],
        [
          "fur",
          "fur#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vair clothing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weasel, stoat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weasel",
          "weasel"
        ],
        [
          "stoat",
          "stoat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) weasel, stoat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/væi̯r/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "veir"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English variant lemmas",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Clothing",
    "enm:Hides",
    "rm:Vision"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "var": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "veir",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "fyr"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English",
        "Worcestershire Middle English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of fyr"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fyr",
          "fyr#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Worcestershire",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of fyr"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "veir"
}

Download raw JSONL data for veir meaning in Middle English (3.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (19f9a30 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.