v. Obs. rare. Also 3 uerslen, uersalien, 4 versail. [ad. OF. verseiller, -sailler, -seller, etc.:—L. type *versiculāre, f. L. versiculus VERSICLE sb.] intr. To say or sing versicles or verses of the Psalms, esp. during Divine Office. Also trans.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 44. Mid him ne schule ȝe nouðer uerslen ne singen þet he hit muwe iheren. Ibid., 120. Þauh heo uersalie, & sigge hire vres, & hire Pater nosters.
a. 1325. Prose Psalter, c. 1. Lord, y shal synge mercy and iugement to þe; y shal versail and vnderstonde in wai unfiled.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 16472. Þys salme þey songe, & versled hit al wyþ o tonge.
Hence † Versling vbl. sb. Obs.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 44. Verslunge of hire sautere; redinge of Englichs, oðer of Freinchs; holi meditaciuns.
