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Haknay, Haiknay, n. Also: hacknay; hakna, -ney; haikne(y; hauknay, hawkna(y, halkna(y; ha(c)quenay. [e.m.E. and ME. hack-, hakney, etc., ME. hakeney, hakene, hakenai (13 … ), OF. haquenée, ‘an ambling horse or mare, especially for ladies to ride on’, of obscure origin.] A hackney, a horse used for ordinary riding; sometimes, an ambling horse.(a) 1473 Reg. Cupar. A. I. 169.
Alexander sal … get a gud hakna to us 1495 Acta Conc. 424/1.
Twa stagis, a haknay 1498 Ib. II. 184.
Ane lyart haknay 1499 Reg. Cupar A. I. 252.
Ane gud hakna, or ellis ane gud trottar 1551–2 Treas. Acc. X. 59.
Ane ambland haknay to hir 1613 Haddington Corr. 123.
Our fair cotch … , and my haknay(b) ?1438 Alex. ii. 2940.
Haiknayes a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 111.
The tothir … Hyit hym hard … to his haiknay 1534 Treas. Acc. VI. 232.
To Johne Bog … send with certane haiknayis fra his grace 1546 Acta Conc. MS. XXII. 26 b.
Ane broun ambland haikney a1578 Pitsc. I. 255/4.
His revaird … of gold and silluer and fair haiknayis to ryde wpoun 1584 Sat. P. xlv. 905.
Thrie of thair haiknes he tuik hame 1633 Maxwell Mem. II. 220.
I haue sentt … my haikney to gett his meatt affe ȝow 16.. Hist. Kennedy 57.
Cuming by the toune, ryding one ane small haiknay(c) 1539 Treas. Acc. VII. 255.
To be standing housis to the Quenis halknais and uthir hors 1540 Ib. 399.
The expensis … upoun the four hawknays send to the dolphin of France 1590 Maxwell Mem. II. 4.
We can not bot see thame … provydit with halknays(d) 1599 Wemyss Corr. 35.
Ane of your fynest hacquenaysattrib. 1502 Acta Conc. III. 171.
Ane blak haiknay hors 1540 Treas. Acc. VII. 391.
The hauknay hors … send to the king of France 1603 Ib. MS. 224.
Ane quhyte haquenay hors 1644 Douglas Corr. 253.
My wayfes haiknay horse — 1541–2 Treas. Acc. VIII. 55.
To Williame Lauder in Dunbar for ane gray hawknay nayg 1594 Fam. Rose 276.
Your black halknay naig — 1503 Treas. Acc. II. 205.
For ane haknay sadill … bocht to the king 1538 Ib. VI. 433.
For iij elnis blak velvet … to cover twa haiknay sadillis — 1507 Treas. Acc. III. 398.
For thre haknay bittis with joyntouris 1542 Ib. VIII. 146.
For ane haiknay bit, and four pair of junctouris