Middle English Dictionary Entry
vīnī n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vīnī n. Also vinie, vinẹ̄, venie; pl. vinies, vineis, (N) vinihes & (error) vynyll. |
| Etymology | OF vinie, AF pl. vineis, vienees, vars. of OF vigne; ?also cp. L vīnea vine. Exx. of the cpd. vīnī-yē̆rd in (a) may belong to ME vīne-yē̆rd n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. vine n.(1).
1.
(a) A plant of the genus Vitis, a vine; ~ lef, a vine leaf; ~ yerd, a vineyard; also fig.; whit ~, the common or white bryony (Bryonia dioica);
(b) ?a vineyard [quot. may belong to (a) or be an error for vine-yerd n.];
(c) in place name.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Dream Bk.(2) (Sln 1609)76 : Vindemiare, To setten vinies, bi-toknith gladnesse.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)3434 : Go forth, good sone, and be not aferd…It is his [God’s] vynyȝerd Where þou schal werk.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)422 : Rayl, of vyneys [Phil: vynyll]: Paxillus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)510 : Vyny, or vyne: Vitis; Vyny, þat bryngythe forþe grete grapys: Bumasta; Vyny leef: Pampinus.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)151/18 : Þe rote of þis herbe [dragon’s fennel] with þe rote of þe quyte venye [vr. vyne] mad to powdre and medled with hony helyȝt alle woundis.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.255 : Nabot…hadde a fayr vynyȝerd þat lay nyhȝ þe kyngis paleys.
- a1500 Apoc.(2) (Magd-C F.4.5)72/13 : Vynee [Hrl 1203: grubbe þou þe clustris of þe vyne].
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)48 : Brawnche of a vyny: Palmes.
b
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)104.31 : He…smate þar vinyhes [vr. winyherdes] and figetres in-twa.
c
- (1335) EPNSoc.11 (Sur.)100 : La Vynye apud Aylyuehagh.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(1438) GLeg.Augustine (GiL117) (Eg 876) 624/268 : He had stole peres oute of a gardin that was nye a vynge of his.
Note: Editor: "vynge: 'vineyard'; this spelling not recorded in MED s. v. vini, which gives only one queried example of this sense rather than 'vine'."
Note: New spelling.
Note: Additional quote.