† poygné, poynyé Obs.
Forms: 4–5 poygne, poyne, Sc. punȝe, pwnȝhe, 5 Sc. poynyhe, poyhne, ponyhe.
[a. OF. poignié or poigniee:—late L. type pugnāta, f. pugnāre to fight.]
A fight, combat, skirmish.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce xii. 373 For in punȝeis is oft hapnyne. Ibid. xvi. 307 Bot gif that ony pwnȝhe wer That is nocht for till spek of her. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 5565 He broght with him to that poyne Off gode knyghtes thousandes thre [MS. tweyne, but cf. Destr. Troy 6880]. Ibid. 12924 With hardy hert & gret fferte Come he thedur to that poygne. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. iii. 217 Welle thre hundyr and fourty Of Inglis at that poynȝhe war tane. Ibid. v. 355 Poyhneis and iuperdeis of were. |