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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375, 1438, 1513, 1597
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Derenȝe, -ȝie, n. [OF. deregne, -raigne, var. of deresne, etc., ME. dereyne (c 1300), derayn.] A conflict or encounter; a duel. 1375 Barb. xiii. 324.
On Sarisenis thre derenȝeis did he; And in-till ilk derenȝe of thai He vencust Sarisenis twa ?1438 Alex. ii. 9663.
Of the derenȝe of thame … Amang thare faes begouth the cry 1513 Doug. v. x. 88.
Thay … countyrfatis a chays In maner of bargane, makand mony a rays And seir derenȝeis in thar sport and play 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Ȝemsel.
As quhen in time of singular battell, they quha standes by and behaldes, ar commanded to keepe, & ȝeme, the time of the derenȝie their weapons fra the handes of the appealer and defendour
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