Middle-English Word of the Day - October 9, 2007
Vernicle (n.) - a copy of the handkerchief of St. Veronica (the traditional name of the woman who wiped the Saviour's face).
An hundred of ampulles on his hat seten,
Signes of Synay and shelles of Galice,
And many a crouch on his cloke, and keyes of Rome,
And the vernicle bifore, for men sholde knowe
And se bi hise signes whom he sought hadde.
- Langland, William: The vision of Piers Plowman (1377-1379)
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