▪ I. † deˈraign, n. Obs.
In 4–5 dereyne, 5 derenȝe, -rayn, 6 derene.
[a. OF. des-, der-, deraisne, -resne, -raigne, regne, -rene, f. desraisnier to deraign. In Laws of William I. latinized as disraisnia.]
The action of vindicating or maintaining one's right, esp. by wager of battle; hence, a challenge to single combat; a combat; a duel.
| [1292 Britton v. xii. §2 Ces plays soint comensables et pledables sicum en le graunt bref de dreit overt, mes nient par disreyne [transl. These pleas shall be commenced and tried in the same manner as the great writ of right patent, but not by dereyne].] c 1300 K. Alis 7353 This dereyne, by the barouns Is y-mad, by alle bothe regiouns. 1375 Barbour Bruce xiii. 324 On sarisenis thre derenȝeis did he; And [in-till] ilk derenȝe of thai He vencust sarisenis twa. c 1470 Harding Chron. ix. iv, Turnus then was slayn: Eneas did that dede and that derayn With mighty strokes. c 1500 Lancelot 2313 I have o frend haith o dereyne ydoo, And I can fynd none able knycht tharto. 1513 Douglas æneis xii. vi. 15 Suffir me perform my derene by and by. 1658 Phillips, Derein..signifieth the proof of an action which a man affirmeth that he hath done, and his adversary denies. Hence in Kersey, Bailey, Ash, etc. |
▪ II. deˈraign, v.1 Obs. exc. Hist.
Forms: 3 derenne, 3–4 dereyne, 4 derenȝe, -eine, 4–6 derayne, -aine, 5 derreyne, darreyn, darayne, 5–6 darreyne, -rayne, 5–7 darreine, 6 derene, darrein, -raine, -reigne, 6–7 dereigne, derraine, darraigne, 7 darrayne, deraigne, 7–8 darrain, 7– deraign.
[a. OF. deraisnier, -resnier, -rainier, -reiner, -regner, desr-, to render a reason or account of, explain, defend, etc., f. de-, des- (see de- I. 6) + raisnier to speak, discourse, declare, plead, defend:—late L. type *ratiōnāre, f. ratiōn-em reckoning, account, rendering of reason. The compound may have itself been formed in late L.: cf. the med.L. forms dē-, dī-, dirratiōnāre in Du Cange; disraisnāre, disrainniāre, were latinized from OF. Cf. also arraign (OF. araisnier).]
1. trans. Law. To prove, justify, vindicate; esp. to maintain or vindicate (a right, claim, etc.), by wager of battle; to dispute, contest (the claim, etc., of another, asserting an opposing claim).
| [1292 Britton i. xxiii. §11 Si felonie, adunc doune le defendour gage a sey defendre, et le apelour gage pur la cause desreyner [transl. If felony, then let the defendant give security to defend himself, and the appellor security to prove the cause].] c 1325 Coer de L. 7098 That hymself agayn fyve and twenty men, In wylde field wolde fyghte, To derayne Godes ryghte. 1340–70 Alisaunder 124 To lache hym as Lorde þe lond for to haue, Or deraine it with dintes & deedes of armes. 1375 Barbour Bruce ix. 746 In-to playn fichting, Ȝhe suld press til derenȝe ȝour richt. c 1400 Destr. Troy 13084 There was no buerne with þat bold the batell to take, The right to derayne with the rank duke. 1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII, c. 1 §2 Euery of the saide ioint tenantes..maie haue aide of the other..to the intent to dereigne the warrantie paramount. 1628 Coke On Litt. 6 a. a 1680 Butler Rem. (1759) I. 333 You bestow much Pains to prove..that the King is not above the Law..And this you deraign, as you call it, so far, that at length you say, the King hath not, by Law, so much Power, as a Justice of Peace, to commit any Man to Prison. 1741 T. Robinson Gavelkind vi. 129 Who shall deraign that Warranty. |
2. trans. To vindicate or maintain a claim to (a thing or person); to claim the possession of, esp. by wager of battle; to challenge.
| a 1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 285 Ihesu swete ihesu..þu me derennedes wið like, and makedes of me wrecche þi leofmon and spuse. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 330 Ageyn Kyng Edward, Scotland to dereyne, With werre & batail hard. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 751 Thou art a worthy knycht And wilnest to darreyne [v.r. derreyne, darreyn, darreine, dereyne] hire by bataille. 1893 J. C. Blomfield Hist. Souldern 12 Richard de Middelton came and deraigned that Manor in the King's Court. |
3. To settle or decide (a claim or dispute) by judicial argument and decision, by wager of battle, etc.; to determine.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12629 Ȝyf þou sette chalange þer-ynne..Þorow bataille schal hit be dereynt. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 241 Þe cause schulde be dereynede by dent of swerd. c 1430 Lydg. Bochas ii. xxii. (1554) 59 b, God and trouth was atwene them tweine Egall iudge their quarel to darayne. 1513 Douglas æneis xii. xi. 184 Lat me stand to my chance, I tak on hand For to derene the mater with this brand. 1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edw. II, §89 (1876) 53 After thei have dereigned before the steward, thresorer, and the serjantes of thaccount what fee thei shal have for such a present. 1809 Bawdwen Domesday Bk. 460 The jury of the Wapentake have deraigned them to the use of the King. |
† 4. to deraign battle (deraign combat, etc.): a. To maintain (a wager of battle or single combat) in vindication of a claim, right, etc. Obs.
| c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 265 Ȝif he miȝte ffor þat batail to dereyne profry hym forþ to fiȝte. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 773 Two harneys..suffisaunt and mete to darreyne The bataille in the feeld bitwix hem tweyne. 1548 Hall Chron. (1809) 4 Henry of Lancastre Duke of Herfforde Appellante & Thomas Duke of Norfolke Defendante have..been redy to darraine the batteill like two valiant Knyghtes & hardy champions. 1586 J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 309 To vnderstand the order of the derayning, gaging and ioyning of those battailes, or single combates. 1600 Tate in Gutch Coll. Cur. I. 7 Combats personal that are derrained for causes capital. |
† b. To engage in battle, do battle; whence (in Spenser, etc.) to set the battle in array. Obs.
| c 1534 tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden 1844) 88 When Duke Richard had hearde the ambassadours..he was afeard to darraigne battaile. 1548 Hall Chron. 47 The Kyng of Englande..chose a place mete and conveniente for twoo armies to darrayne battail. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. ii. 26 Three valiant knights to see..to darraine A triple warre with triple enmitee. 1593 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. ii. 72 Darraigne your battell, for they are at hand. 1602 Carew Cornwall (1769) 125 Then darrayning a kinde of battell (but without armes) the Cæsarians got the overhand. 1608 Heywood Sallust's Iugurth. (1609) 20 This happened towards the evening, no fit time to darraigne a battaile. 1654 Vilvain Epit. Ess. i. 54 The..Kings..darraind battle with 4 Forreners. a 1756 G. West Abuse Trav. xx. 8 [imitating Spenser] As if he meant fierce battle to darrain. |
† c. To dispose (troops, etc.) in battle array; to array; to order. (Loose applications of the word by the Elizabethan archaists.) Obs.
| 1591 Sylvester Yvry 100 Every Chief, apart, Darrains his Troups with order, speed and art. 1596 Spenser F.Q. iv. ix. 4 He gan advise how best he mote darrayne That enterprize, for greatest glories gayne. 1599 Nashe Lenten Stuffe 50 The lesser pigmeis..thought it meete to..elect a King amongst them that might deraine them to battaile. 1614 Sylvester Little Bartas 472 To serve Thee, as Hee [man] is sole ordain'd; So, to serve Him, Thou hast the rest [creatures] derrain'd. 1727 J. Asgill Metam. Man 45 God admitted Man to insert this Seed-Royal into the Genealogy of the World, and to deraign his Pedigree in form amongst the Descendants of Adam. |
▪ III. † deˈraign, v.2 Obs.
Also 6 derene, derain, darrayne, 7 dereign.
[a. OF. desregner, variant of desrengier, mod.F. déranger to put out of ranks, derange.]
1. To put into disorder; to derange, disarrange.
| 1500–20 Dunbar Now Cumis Aige 56 Befoir no wicht I did complene, So did her denger me derene. 1530 Palsgr. 506/2, I darrayne (Lydgat), I chaunge or alter a thing from one purpose to another. Je transmue. This worde is nat yet admytted in our comen spetche. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Deraigne..to disorder or turn out of Course. |
2. pass. To be discharged from (religious) orders: see deraignment2.
| 1574 tr. Littleton's Tenures 42 b, He that is professed monke etc. shalbe a monke, and as a monke shalbe taken for terme of his natural life, except he bee derained by the lawe of holye churche [Fr. Sinon que il soit dereigne y la ley de saint esglise]. 1602 W. Fulbecke 1st Pt. Parall. 11 If in auncient time a Monke, Fryer, or Cannon professed, which was no Soueraigne of an house, had graunted to one an annuitie, this was a voyd graunt, though he had beene after dereigned, or made Soueraigne of the same house, or some other. 1628 [see deraignment2]. 1661 J. Stephens Procurations 39 Those Religious persons being deraigned and dispersed, were not..subject to Visitation. |
b. transf.
| 1778 Love Feast 26 Invested once, no Saint can be deraign'd. |