a. and sb. Also 6 -yen. [a. OF. venerien (F. vénérien).] = VENERIAN a. and sb.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Wife’s Prol., 609. For certes I am al Venerien [Corpus MS. Venerian] In feelyng and myn herte is Marcian.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 111. Ther mai no maner man withdrawe, The which venerien is bore Be weie of kinde. Ibid., 130. Canis maior … The fifte sterre is of Magique, The whos kinde is venerien.
1530. Palsgr., 327/2. Veneryen, belongyng to Venus, Venerien.
1567. Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.), 211. O wickit vaine Veneriens, Ȝe ar not Sanctis (thocht ȝe seem hally).
