Meanings
plural vinetrees · alternative vine-tree · alternative winetree
- archaicrareA grapevine.
All the dayes of his ſeparation ſhall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels euen to the huſke.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 6:42 more examples
Here note, how Chriſt calleth planely his Cup the fruit of the vinetree; but the fruit of the vinetree is very natural wine[…]
1753, Gloceſter Ridley, “Book VII”, in The Life of Dr. Nicholas Ridley ſometime Biſhop of London […] , page 496The visible church of God is here compared to the vine-tree, as is evident by God's own explanation of the allegory, in ver, 6–8.
1839, Jonathan Edwards, The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings, volume 2, page 125
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*wīnatrewą
- Old Englishwīntrēow
- Middle Englishvyne-tre
- Englishvinetree
From Middle English vyne-tre (modified after vine (“grapevine”)), from Old English wīntrēow, from Proto-Germanic *wīnatrewą, equivalent to vine + tree.
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