venim (s.xii1)
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venim (s.xii1)

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venin,  venime,  venum  18  

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1also_fig.venom, poison: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  venims d'icels serpenz  248.CXXXIX.3
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  par venim l'empusuna  4910
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  La devant soen confessour vomisse tut hors [...] le venim e tute la ordure [...] ke ele ad pensé  113.20
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  C. espandi son venyn de heresie  141.27
2corruption: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ja n'est rien de lure char tendre Fors orde venim e vermes e cendre  336
3sorcery: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv2 )  en ses (=Babylon's) venims (Latin: veneficiis) foleerent tutes genz  3538
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