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Quotation dates: 1420, 1530-1540, 1604-1609
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Progeny, -geni(e, -gene(y, n. [ME and e.m.E. progeni (Cursor M.), -genie, -geny(e, obs. F. progenie (13th c. in Godef.), L. prōgeniēs descent, family, offspring, f. prōgignere to beget.] a. (One's) offspring or issue. b. A family, clan or kindred. c. Lineage, descent. c1420 Wynt. ii 183 heading.
This chapitere tellis clerli Off Isaakis progeni [C. progeney] c1420 Ib. 821.
Progeny 1608 Denmylne MSS in Highland P. III 115.
Ȝour heichnes royall progene — 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 70.
Except remission be given with consent of the progenie and friends of him quha is vnjustlie slane — c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS 96a/13.
Thow art … most preclair of progenie a1605 Montg. Misc. P. liii 2.
Ȝe, Inglische hursone! sumtyme will avant Ȝour progeny frome Brutus to haif tane
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