skleren

Middle English

Etymology

From sklere (“a veil, headdress; a cloak or an overgarment”)

Verb

skleren (third-person singular simple present sklereth, present participle sklerende, simple past and past participle sklered)

  1. to veil, conceal
    With fayre honyed wordes heretykes and mis-meninge people skleren and wimplen their errours. — Testament of Love, Thomas Usk

References

  • Middle English Dictionary
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