Middle English edit

Noun edit

venie

  1. Alternative form of vyny

Yola edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

venie

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

References edit

  • 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