Middle-English Word of the Day - October 12, 2007
Prime (n.) - a copy of the handkerchief of St. Veronica (the traditional name of the woman who wiped the Saviour's face).
The water shal aslake and goon away
Aboute pryme upon the nexte day.
But robyn may nat wite of this, thy knave,
Ne eek thy mayde gille I may nat save;
- Chaucer, Geoffrey: The Canterbury tales (1387-1394)
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