Middle English Dictionary Entry
veneu n.
Entry Info
| Forms | veneu n. Also veniu, venou, venu; pl. venues. |
| Etymology | OF venüe, venu, AF veneu. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An onslaught, attack; a hostile encounter; casten (maken) a ~;
(b) the act of arriving, an arrival;
(c) an importation.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)39/811 : Com þe bor aȝen…to ȝeue bataile…And Beues in þat ilche venev…Wiþ is swerd out a slinte Twei toskes at þe ferste dent, A spanne of þe groin…he haþ of schoren.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)118/2489 : In þat ilche selue veneu Þourȝ godes grace and is vertu Þe liounesse…harde he smot.
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)845 : At anoþer venov Roland smot vernagu, Þat he fel doun to grounde.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1080 : Þe lyoun made a gret venu, And wolde haue hym al torent.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)8536 : The Geaunte had a venu caste, And sir Gye counteryd hym at the laste.
b
- c1425(?a1400) Arthur (Lngl 55)307 : Arthour…gaderyþ to hym…Hys kynges & Erles…Eche of þese vyve at her venyw Brouȝt zyx þousand at har retenyw.
c
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)74 : The chief Butler of Englond and his deputies…kepe the first venues of wynes in vesselles or shippes…from any sale, till the King’s houshold pourveyours have taken for the Kinge.