A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bargane, v. Also: bargan, bergin. [ME. bargayne, bargeyne (late 14th c.), bargan, etc., OF. bargaigner.]
1. tr. To encounter, contend with.1375 Barb. viii. 184.
Thar thocht he battle for to beid, And bargane thaim c1420 Wynt. ix. 381.
Alysawndyr the Lyndyssay … wyth a few that ilké day Barganyd thame
2. intr. To contend or fight (with or again).1375 Barb. ix. 224.
He wald fare To bargane with his enymys 1432 Acts II. 21/2.
Quhar that ony man barganis outhir in burgh or on lande 1470 Peebles B. Rec. 164.
Quhatsumeuir thai war that barganyt and facht … thai sal be had to the tolbuth c1475 Wall. x. 516; Ib. viii. 1092.
We sall bargane be nyne houris to morn 1513 Doug. iii. iv. 52.
Our feris command I … [to] Tak thair wapynnis, and bargane … Agane the cruell pepill 1533 Boece 10 b.
How Aulus Didius come in Britane. How contrare him barganit Scottis & Pichtis
3. To make a bargain; to treat with.1675 Lanark B. Rec. 199 (to bergin with John Blair, heritor thairof, and buy the samein).
