V.

_Verrey._ _Verray_, true, faithful.

_Voucher._ _Vouche_, contraction of _vouchen sauf_, to vouchsafe; _ere_,

an agent. One who vouches a thing safe. In Chaucer, such expressions as

_voucheth sauf_, vouchsafe ye, and _the king vouches it save_, the king

vouchsafes it, were of common occurrence.

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