Middle English Dictionary Entry
vē̆nīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vē̆nīe n. Pl. vē̆nīes, vē̆nīse, vē̆neis. |
| Etymology | AF venie, veni; also cp. ML venia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. veine n.(2).
1.
Eccl. An act of supplication or penitence, usu. involving some form of kneeling or prostration; maken (nimen, taken) ~.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)29/20 : Ȝef ȝe þurh ȝemeles gluffeð of wordes…neomeð owe[r] venie dun ed ter eorðe wið þe hond ane.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)149/12 : Swuch fulðe as hit kimeð lihtliche, lihtliche geað awei wið venies, wið Confiteor, wið alle goddeden.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)219/7 : Ȝef ei strif ariseð bitweone þe wummen, þe ancre makie eiðer to makien oþer venie o cneon to þer eorðe & eiðer rihte up oþer & cussen on ende, ant te ancre legge on eiðer sum penitence.
- a1425 Ordin.Nuns(1) (Lnsd 378)141/17 : When sho comes whare þe cuuent takis þare venyse, þan sall sho prostrate downe.
- a1500 Form Conf.(2) (Nero A.3)301 : I haue not kepyd…all other observance of the order, as syght, sylence, and cell, the stall and bell, inclinacyons, veneis, and prostracyons.