venie

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Middle English

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Noun

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venie

  1. Alternative form of vyny

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English fenny, from Old English fenniġ, equivalent to ven +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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venie

  1. dirty
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Venie bogher; Venie sheardh.
      A dirty road; A dirty gap.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 75