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† traˈnont, -ˈoynt, v. Sc. Obs.
Also 5 -ount, -ownt.
[Derivation unascertained.]
intr. To shift one's position; esp. to do this rapidly and stealthily; to make a forced march, to steal a march upon. Hence † traˈnonting vbl. n.
1375Barbour Bruce vii. 508 Schir Amery..with sic tranonting..thoucht he suld suppriss þe kyng. Ibid. xviii. 360 Kyng robert..Tranontit [E. -ountyt, Hart -oynted] swa on hym ane nycht, That, be the morne that it wes day, Cummyn in-till playn feld war thai. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxiv. 3717 Til Anande in tranownttynge Þai coyme on þaim in þe dawynge. c1450Holland Howlate 515 Sarazenis..tranoyntit with a trayne apon that trewe knycht. c1470Henry Wallace viii. 1564 Apon the morn the ost, but mar awys, Tranountyt north apon a gudlye wys. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. ii. lii, Thir ladyis..Uprais at last, commandand till tranoynt. |