noun
Meaning 1
Moldiness, mould.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
vinew
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/ˈvɪnjuː/
verb
Meaning 2
To become musty or mouldy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
Variant of finew, from Middle English *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *funją (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch and Middle Dutch vunsc (“musty”), Old English fenn (“swamp, bog”). More at fen.