† winyard Obs.
Forms: 1–2 winᵹeard, 2 winiærd, 3 winȝeard, -yard, -yherde, wynyarde, 4 wine-y(h)erd, wineierd, -yerd, wynȝard, -ȝord.
[OE. w{iacu}nᵹeard = OS. wîngardo (Du. wijngaard), OHG. wîngart, ON. v{iacu}ngarðr, Goth. weinagards: see wine n.1 and yard n.1]
= vineyard (lit. and fig.).
| c 888 ælfred Boeth. xxxii. §3 Ealle men witon þæt hit þær ne weaxð þe ma ðe ᵹimmas weaxað on winᵹeardum. 971 Blickl. Hom. 51 Ure hwæte, & ure winᵹeardas, & ealle ure eorþan wæstmas. 1154 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1137 He makede manie munekes & plantede winiærd. a 1225 Ancr. R. 294 Þet beoð þe erest prokunges þet sturieð þe winȝeardes,..þet beoð ure soulen. c 1250 Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 34 Se winyard be-tockneþ þe seruise of ure lorde. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xii. 41 Tho he the wynȝord whrohte. 1331 MS. Chapter Acts Lincoln lf. 23 b, Quamdam placeam clausam quæ vocatur le Wineierd. a 1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 456/186 Mi deore wynȝard. |