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Ver  (rare) verrecken, ‘to stretch out the limbs rigidly in death’; allied to. — ,, ‘infamous, atrocious,’ from verruochet, ‘heedless, careless,’ allied to  verruochen, ‘to pay no heed, forget.’ The meaning of the  , like that of the cognate , is under the influence of , , ,. —  ,, ‘mad, crazy,’ only; allied to  verrücken, ‘to move from the spot, confuse, disconcert.’   ,, ‘verse, couplet,’ from the  and  vërs, fërs,  and , which was adopted in the  period (as early as the 9th ) from  versus, perhaps contemporaneously with  and. ,, and for the representation of  v by  f (  fers, and  vers).   ,, ‘different, distinct, various,’ only; not from , which even in  (verscheiden) signifies specially ‘to die,’ but from a  word;   verscheiden (for which underscheiden is found in ). —  ,, ‘cunning, crafty, sly,’ properly a of  verslahen, which also means ‘to cheat.’ —  ,, see. —  ,, ‘distorted, perverse, intricate,’ ‘screwed the wrong way’; an inorganic  of ; see. —  ,, ‘to squander, waste,’ from verswęnden, ‘to break to pieces, annihilate, consume,’ which as a factitive of  verswinden,  , ‘to disappear,’ signifies  ‘to cause something to disappear.’ ,, ‘to wound, injure, damage,’ from the  sêren,  ‘to cause pain’; allied to  and  sêr, ‘pain’; see. — ,, ‘to dry up,’ only; allied to  sîgen,  sîgan,  , ‘to fall, sink, flow, trickle’ (see , ); ,  ‘to flow out or away.’ —   (same as ),, ‘to reconcile, atone for,’ from the  versüenen; allied to. The accented vowel is derived either from or probably from  and, in which, late in the Middle Ages, œ appears before n., instead of üe ( for ;  for ).   ,, ‘understanding, intelligence, sense,’ from verstant (d), which is used only rarely (in the sense of  ‘explanation, information’);   verstantnisse, ‘intelligence, insight, understanding,’ to which  verstęndic, ‘intelligent,’ is allied. In too firstantnissi is most frequently used. To this word is allied ,, ‘to understand, comprehend,’ from  verstân,  firstân (firstantan), ‘to perceive, see into, notice, understand’;   verstaan,  forstǫndan (in  to understand). How the meaning can be derived from the root of is not clear; it is usually referred to  ἐπίσταμαι, ‘to understand,’ compared with the root στα, ‘to stand.’ —   ,, ‘to mutilate,’ from late verstümbelen; see.  <section begin="verteidigen" /> ,, ‘to defend, maintain, justify,’ from the  verteidingen, vertagedingen (usually tagedingen),  , of which the most frequent meaning is ‘to plead before a tribunal, settle and adjust by agreement.’ Allied to  tagedinc, teidinc (g), ‘a lawsuit fixed for a certain date, court-day, negotiation, assembly’ (with the meaning ‘gossip, talk,’  ). tagading, ‘legal summons, negotiations,’ is based on tag in the sense of ‘fixed period,’ and ding, ‘judicial proceedings,’  verdedigen. ,, ‘distorted, twisted, odd, strange,’ properly a of , ‘to confuse.’ — ,, ‘to carry away, wear out, tolerate,’ from vertregen,  , ‘to tolerate, endure, be indulgent’; hence late  vertrac,  , , ‘agreement, treaty.’ — ,, ‘to hush up,’ from vertuschen, ‘to cover, conceal, keep secret, reduce to silence’ (to which ,  ‘stunned,’ is allied’); an onomatopoetic term. <section begin="verwahrlost" /> ,, ‘neglected, spoilt,’ properly a of  verwárlôsen, ‘to treat negligently,’ based on  waralôs, ‘careless, negligent’ ( warlœse, ‘carelessness, negligence’). For the first part of the compound. — ,, ‘related, allied, cognate,’ from the late  (rare) verwant, which is a  of  verwęnden (with the rare signification ‘to marry’); the usual term in  was sippe ( sippi),. also and  mâc,, ‘relative, kinsman.’ — ,, ‘bold, daring, rash,’ from verwëgen, ‘quick and decided,’ a  of verwëgen, ‘to decide quickly.’