Middle English Dictionary Entry
veniming(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | veniming(e ger. Also (errors) venyynge, wynyng. |
| Etymology | From venimen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The act of concocting, administering, or applying poison; ?also, an act of sorcery or witchcraft [1st quot.];
(b) being injected or infused with venom from a sting or bite;
(c) poison.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 9.22 : Þe fornycaciouns of Jezabel þi modir & hir manye venymyngis [L veneficia] þryjuen.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.206va : Lepus siluestris: wode hare or feld hare. The blood if it be fried in a friyng panne is good for dissintere long lestyng & for þe venimyng with arwe.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)68b/a : Venificencia: venyynge [Add 33534: wynyng; Hrl 1738: venemyng].
b
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.79 : Corinthe…is myche worþe aȝens venymynge of bestes…If a man…bereþ it amounge wylde best…he dar not reche of hurtyng of edders.
c
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.370 : Some in his sherte put ofte tyme venemyng, And some in meate and drinke great poysonment.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. venoming.