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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1420
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Poinȝé, Poynȝé, n. Also: poynȝhé, poynyhé, poyhné; poylȝe; also Punȝé, (Pinie). [ME poygne, poyne (c 1400), OF poigneis (1180 in Greimas), poignié (1260 in Greimas), late L. type *pugnāta f. L. pugnāre to fight.] A battle, an armed combat. (Only early.) —1375 Barb. xvi 307 (E).
Wes nane bargain Bot giff that ony poynȝe [C. pwnȝhe] wer That is nocht for to spek of her c1420 Wynt. vii 3366 (W).
Sum were that tyme quyt In batall and poynȝeis discomfit c1420 Ib. viii 6586 (E2).
In to Brettane beȝond the sey Thair fell of weir ane fair poinȝe [W. of weire a saire poynȝe; A. a weire of faire poylȝe] Betuix Frenche and Inglismen c1420 Ib. ix 217 (R).
Poynyhe [C. poynȝhe] c1420 Ib. 355.
Poyhnes [C. poynȝheis]
