Middle English Dictionary Entry
wīnī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | wīnī adj. |
| Etymology | From wīn(e n.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Having the character of, pertaining to, or made from wine; of a diet: heavy in wine; of a grape: wine-producing.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2849 : The myhty youthe he may remembre In which the yeer hath his deduit…Of corn and of the wyny grape.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)69b/a : Vinulus: sumdel wyny [Pep: i. vineus].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)197/17 : Thederik…commaundeþ…a wyny diete and most hote.