Obs. rare. [f. wen- (see WENDAY) + seves pl. of SHEAF sb.] Sheaves given as payment for carrying grain in harvest.
c. 1250. Rentalia Glaston. (Somerset Rec. Soc.), 99. Nec aliud debet recipere … nisi wensenes [read wenseues] quando cariat bladum. Ibid., 135. ij garbas que vocantur wensewes.
