† tranonttranoyntv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
intransitive. To shift one's position; esp. to do this rapidly and stealthily; to make a forced march, to steal a march upon.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > stealthily
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)] > with hostile intent
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1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xviii. 360 Kyng robert..Tranontit [1489 Adv. Tranouatyt; 1616 Hart Tranoynted] swa on hym ane nycht, That, be the morne that it wes day, Cummyn in-till playn feld war thai.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 508 Schir Amery..swagat vith sic tranonting He thoucht he suld suppris þe kyng.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1564 Apon the morn the ost but mar awys Tranountyt north apon a gudly wys.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 515 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 111 Sarazenis..tranoyntit with a trayne apon yat trewe knycht.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 1236 in Shorter Poems (1967) 80 Thir ladyis..Vprais at last, commandand till tranoynt.
Derivatives
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > stealthy
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] > in order to surprise
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c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxiv. 3717 Til Anande in tranownttynge Þai coyme on þaim in þe dawynge.
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