Middle English Dictionary Entry
enveniming ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | enveniming ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The action or the fact of poisoning.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.854 : The scorpioun..sleeth thurgh his envenymynge.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)51.171 : For th' envemyneng [sic] Of that wounde they putten Non Medicyn.
- a1450 Dc.291 Lapid.(Dc 291)36/2 : Ayeins envenemyng of bitynge of euel beestis or eddres.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. envenoming.