Obs. Forms: 1–2 winʓeard, 2 winiærd, 3 winȝeard, -yard, -yherde, wynyarde, 4 wine-y(h)erd, wineierd, -yerd, wynȝard, -ȝord. [OE. wínʓeard = OS. wîngardo (Du. wijngaard), OHG. wîngart, ON. víngarðr, Goth. weinagards: see WINE sb.1 and YARD sb.1] = VINEYARD (lit. and fig.).

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c. 888.  Ælfred, Boeth., xxxii. § 3. Ealle men witon þæt hit þær ne weaxð þe ma ðe ʓimmas weaxað on winʓeardum.

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971.  Blickl. Hom., 51. Ure hwæte, & ure winʓeardas, & ealle ure eorþan wæstmas.

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1154.  O. E. Chron. (Laud MS.), an. 1137. He makede manie munekes & plantede winiærd.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 294. Þet beoð þe erest prokunges þet sturieð þe winȝeardes,… þet beoð ure soulen.

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c. 1250.  Kent. Serm., in O. E. Misc., 34. Se winyard be-tockneþ þe seruise of ure lorde.

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a. 1310.  in Wright, Lyric P., xii. 41. Tho he the wynȝord whrohte.

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1331.  MS. Chapter Acts Lincoln, lf. 23 b. Quamdam placeam clausam quæ vocatur le Wineierd.

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a. 1400.  Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., 456/186. Mi deore wynȝard.

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