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Middle English
- senvey, senevei, seneveye, senvy, synbey, senebeye, senvoy, synvey, sine-weie, synewey, synevey, senefee
Etymology
From Old French senevé, senevei, from Vulgar Latin *sināpātium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsɛn(ə)ˈvæi̯/, /ˈsɛn(ə)væi̯/
Noun
senevey (uncountable)
- mustard or its seed (often used in cuisine and medicine)
c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 13:31-32, page 6v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:An oþer parable iheſus puttide foꝛþ to hem. / ⁊ ſeide / þe kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a coꝛn of ſeneuey · which a man took ⁊ ſewe in his feeld · / which is þe leeſt of alle ſeedis / but whanne it haþ woxen .· it is the mooſt of alle woꝛtis · ⁊ is maad a tre / ſo þe bꝛiddis of þe eir comen ⁊ dwellen in þe bowis þerof.- Jesus put another parable forwards to them, saying: "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in their field; / it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is the largest of all plants; it becomes a tree, so the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."
Descendants
- English: senvy (obsolete)
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