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romeny (c.1378)
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The form rumney is a cross reference to the following entry:

romeny (c.1378)

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romanie,  romeney,  romney,  rumney  (runney  Man lang ANTS 42.26)  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf:  romenie 7,231b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  romain (romanie)  / romenie  DMF:  romenie  TLF: ∅ OED:  rumney n.  MED:  romenei(e n.  DMLBS: ∅

The wine originally derives its name from the toponym Romanie1 as used in reference to Greece.

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oenol.rumney, a type of sweet red wine of Greek origin: 
( c.1378; MS: s.xivex )  Des vins lour nomme mainte gendre: Candy, ribole et romanie, Provence et le montross escrie  GOWER Mirour 26094
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  deux tonelz de romney  Man lang ANTS 5.14
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  a Corne sur le Hope vous arés de bon malvesey, romeney, osey, tyre, vyne creett, vernage, ypocras, et vyne blanc  Liber Donati (D) 22
( 1420 )  priont les ditz communes, qe nulle malvesyn, rumney, ne nulle autre vyn doulce, soit venduz a retaille en nulle lieu d'Engleterre  Rot Parl1 iv 126.19
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 )  vous averés de boun malvusia, romeny bastarde, osey, [...] et vyn blanc  Man lang ANTS 73.15

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See also:

romain  romaine1  romance1  romancer  romançour  Romanie1  romanz  romanzi  Romescot 
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