vernare

1 vernare [CL] 1 to produce or put forth new growth as in springtime, to spring up, to bloom or blossom, (also) to come forth or emerge as new growth; b (transf. or fig.); c (pr. ppl. as adj.). d (in gl.). sponte mea nascor fecundo cespite vernans Aldh. Aen. 51 (Eliotropus) 1; sterilis surculus ~at in palmitem, marcens etas reparatur in juvenem V. Birini 19; per ipsum radiabit luna solis claritate; per ipsum ~abit terra paradysi amenitate Hon. Spec. Eccl. 960A; sic floribus prata ~are ‥ cernentes miramur Pull. Sent. 708B; flos in bruma plus vernavit Garl. Poems 5. 2b.  b a796 ad irriganda corda arida ut virtutum floribus ~ent Alcuin Ep. 81; Christi floribus ‥ ~ans Egypti desertum monachorum multitudine per cellulas ‥ religione florente H. Bos. Thom. III 21; cum ‥ in ejus facie pubescentis adoloescentie lanugo ~aret P. Blois Ep. 126. 377B; innumeris ‥ virtutum floribus in beato viro secundum nominis etymologiam ~antibus, quod interpretatur felix mundus V. Edm. Rich B 620; antiquus ‥ inimicus ‥ videns Christi tironem diversis virtutum floribus ~are, cepit ei ‥ invidere Chr. Dale 5.  c campus ‥ flagrantia ~antium flosculorum plenus Bede HE V 12 p. 307; nardiflua pignora mira suavitate ~antia Gosc. Transl. Aug. 16A; ~ans etas pueritia exclusa adolescentiam induxerat W. Malm. Wulfst. I 1 p. 5; ~ans tempus etatis meditabatur in robur juventutis serpere Id. GP I 45; construxerat episcopus ‥ in loco amenissimo ~antissimum florida compositione castellum H. Hunt. HA VIII 11; liliis candentior, rosis ~antior [virgo] (Egwinus) NLA I 373; in virore ~antis etatis carnis jucunditas et si exterius viruit, interius viluit J. Furness Kentig. 6 p. 173; in ‥ hortum viridissimum, ~antem, odoriferum Id. Walth. 101; vitam virtutibus ~antem, miraculis gloriosam Ib. prol. 3; vernante natus utero J. Howd. Cyth. 135. 11.  d ~ans, laetans GlC V 128; gettyn, ~o, -as PP. 2 to be bright, radiant, to shine out (also fig.). b outstanding. s1135 regis ‥ corpus, cujus cervix diadematizata auro ‥ quasi Dei splendore ~averat, cujus utraque manus sceptris preradiaverat, cujus reliqua superficies auro textili ‥ rutilaverat H. Hunt. HA VIII 2; prune ~antes ardoribus R. Cold. Cuthb. 39; Statius in serie vernat, Lucanus ‥ / ‥ physica multa canit Garl. Tri. Eccl. 125; basilica ‥ Dei genitricis singulari ~at honore Mir. Hen. VI II 50.  b ejus certe verba vernantia / omni cordi sunt luminaria J. Howd. Ph. 693; castrum illud ~issimum Windeshore Flor. Hist. II 481. 3 (trans.) to cause to blossom, flourish, or be radiant. femina vestitu vario vernata superbit D. Bec. 2240.

2 vernare [cf. vernicare], (of bird) to make its sound. aves minuriunt vel ~ant vel vernicant Aldh. PR 131.

3 vernare [cf. verniciare], to varnish. 1301 pro verniculo ‥ pro dictis balistis ~andis Lancs & Chesh Rec. Soc. XCII 209.

4 vernare v. vernicare