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eccl.act of contrition (ultimately from the Veni Creator Spiritus):
(
s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15
)
prier pardon de Nostre Seignur par venies, par confiteors, e par totes autres bones overes
Ancren2 13.24
(
a.1399; MS: a.1399
)
et quant el vist soun seignur ..., el descendist de chivalle et soy cocha a terre en sa longe veny a poy en palmisone ...
Anon Chr1 154.9
faire, prendre sa (etc.) venie
eccl.to make an act of contrition (originally by saying the Veni Creator Spiritus):
(
1212; MS: 1212-13
)(A monk whose tool has fallen into the river) prist sa vene come sage E de la faute e del damage Com cil qui molt ert repentant
Dial GregSATF 4677
(
s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin
)
pernez vostre venie aval a la terre
Ancren1 33.28
venie (1212)