English
fenowed
Fenowed comes from Middle English vynye ‘to be mouldy’, and goes back to Old English fyne ‘mold’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fyne‘mold’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150fyniġ‘mouldy, musty’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150fynegian‘to become mouldy’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vynye‘to be mouldy’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500yvynedpast participle of vynye
- Englishearliest quotation 1611fenowed
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150fyne‘mold’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150fyniġ‘mouldy, musty’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150fynegian‘to become mouldy’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vynye‘to be mouldy’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500yvynedpast participle of vynye
- Englishearliest quotation 1611fenowed
Earliest quotation: 1611, Miles Smith, The Translators to the Reader: “In a word, it [Scripture] is a Panary of…”
Linked words
through Old English fyne ‘mold’
through Old English fyniġ ‘mouldy, musty’
Today it means
adj Decayed; mouldy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English fyne / fenowed