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rumneyn.Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French romeny, romenie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman romeny, romeney and Middle French romenie, rommenie, romanie (?c1240 in Anglo-Norman), apparently < Anglo-Norman and Middle French Romanie , Romenie , as name of Greece (see Romany n.), the wine being so called on account of its provenance. Compare Italian †romania (a1410), Middle Dutch romanie , romany , romenie , rommenye (Dutch †romenie , †roomenye ), Middle Low German rūmēnīe , rūmānīe , rōmēnīe , rōmānīe , etc., Old Danish rumeni (1461; Danish †rommenie , †romenij ), post-classical Latin romania (in an undated occurrence in Du Cange), and also (with added suffix -er -er suffix1) Middle High German rōmāner, rōmēnyer.It is unclear whether earlier instances as a vernacular word in Latin documents should be taken as showing the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word; compare e.g.:1380 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1929) II. 272 Romeneye, Malvesye, [and] Provynce [wines].1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 209 Item, pro j paruo cade de Romoneye, vj li. di.1399–1400 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 601 Empcio vini..Item, in 1 buyt de Rumnay et 8 lagen. empt. pro d'no Priore, 27 s.1414 Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls (Bundle 9, No. 6) ii pipas vini albi et ii botys [= butts] de Rumneye.1418 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/296/10) m. 3 xj bottys de Romney prec. bott lxvj s. viij d. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > wines of other regions > [noun] > Greece α. 1419 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 99 (MED) Al þe grete multitude of wynes þat are clepid Romeneyes wiþ-in this Citee are but contrefetid of spaynissh wyne and Rochell & oþer remenauntz of wyne forseyd. 1469 in (1790) 101 Item, intyre malvesie, romenay, osey,..and other sweete wynes, by the yere..[£]20. a1500 in (1885) 8 283 (MED) Atte Shyo is good Muscadell..and Jannayes be lordes there, and atte Modone the Venysianes: where groweth good Romeney and Rase. a1525 (?1421) (1907) I. 24 Thei sell..maluesey & romeney for xvj d. a galon and no derre. ?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 340 in N. Davis (1970) 68 Syr, here ys a drawte of Romney red, Ther ys no better in Aragon. c1580 in J. D. Marwick (1871) II. 120 That the clarett and quhyte wynis..be sawld commonly for xviij d. the pynt, and Romaneis for xviij d. the pynt. 1824 July 8/1 By Cogan and others, Romeney is classed among the Spanish white wines. 1892 Apr. 360 Romenye was a Spanish white wine, hot and strong, as was also Bastarde. 1907 A. L. Simon II. iii. 83 In 1420 the Commons asked that no wine of Malvesie, Romeney, or any other sweet wine, be sold by retail in England under pain of 100s. fine to the King for each cask. β. (Harl. 221) 439 (MED) Rumneye, wyne.a1500 (a1451) in Ld. Clermont (1869) I. 553 The Merchanntes of Venys, Gene, Catelonys..brynge..Rumney..Malmesey..Greke.?1520 J. Rastell sig. Bvv Ye shall haue spayneshe wyne & gascoyn..Sak raspyce alycaunt rumney.c1560 753 Ye shall have rumney and malmesyne.1584 T. Cogan ccxvii. 210 Spaine bringeth foorth wines of white colour..as Sacke, Rumney and Bastard.1621 R. Burton i. ii. ii. i. 93 All black Wines,..Malmesie, Allegant, Rumny, Browne bastard, Metheglen.1657 J. Howell 103 No Sacks were sold, but Rumney, & that for Medicine more than for drink.1763 D. Pickering IV. 234 No person shall sell by retail..any malmesey, sack, rumney, or other sweet wine, above xij. d. the gallon.1825 32 248 Rumney was probably an Andalusian growth.1884 Aug. 340 The wines in common use were Gascony (Bordeaux), Rhenish, Rumney,..Malmsey (Malvoisie); these were used through the whole period of the Middle Ages.1908 E. R. Emerson II. xv. 412 Rumney was a kind of sweet wine very popular in England many years ago.1933 7 Dec. 876/3 The now forgotten wines—dale, stum, alicant and rumney.2006 K. Albala iii. 94 Romney or Rumney was a sweet golden Greek wine..which was imported to England through the Middle Ages.γ. ?c1450 (Trin. Cambr.) (1908) 473 (MED) Then was..a galon of..oþer swete wynes at xvj d., as Romney, Malvesyne, Clarry, Tyre.1482 R. Cely Let. 13 May in (1975) 152 I sent to them a pottell of whyte romnay, and thay toke hyt thankefully.1542 A. Borde x. sig. F.ii These hote wynes as malmesye, wyne course, wyne greke, romanysk, romny.1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton (1867) 335 Canareis, Malagas, Maderais, Romneyis. 1972 A. R. Myers iii. 194 Sweet wines like vernage, osey, romeny, and malmsey were greatly prized as a contrast to the acidity of much of the other wine.2005 M. Threlfall-Holmes ii. 66 Romney was..slightly more expensive than claret at £5. 6s. 8d. per tun.the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for wine a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in (2002) i. 125 Ȝiff swete wyne be seeke or pallid, put in a Rompney for lesynge. Compounds1508 (de Worde) sig. A.iiv Also yf your swete wyne pale drawe it in to a romney vessell for lesynge. 1742 I. xiii. 382/2 In 1536, the Prices of Wines were ascertain'd by Parliament, viz...Malmsey and Romney Sacks, and all other Sweet Wines, at 1s. 1826 C. Mills I. v. 136 I believe..that Rumney wine means the wine from Lа Romanée, a vineyard of Burgundy. 1919 J. D. Rea in B. Jonson Notes, 156 Rumney wine, as it was generally called, gets its name from the fact that it came from Romania,i. e., Greece. 1973 R. B. Dobson viii. 265 We can see..the frequent need to resort to London dealers for more luxurious items like rumney wine, cloves and ginger. C2. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > wines of other regions > [noun] > Greece 1445 No. A 71. m. 11 (MED) Ramony of Modon, iii b. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in (2002) i. 124 Þerfore ete hard chese aftir, yef ye sowpe late, and drynk romney modoun. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in (2002) i. 125 The namys of swete wynes y wold þat ye them knewe..Rompney of modon, Bastard, Tyre. 1508 (de Worde) sig. Aiiv Ete not moche chese without romney modon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1419 |