A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1460-1475
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Punȝeand, Ponȝeand, ppl. adj. Also: pungȝeand. [ME and e.m.E. poynaunt (Chaucer), pugnaunt (c1400), piercing in lit. and fig. senses, OF puignant (12th c. in Godef.), poignant, pres. p. of poindre to pierce (see Punȝe v.1).] Piercing, sharp-pointed (weapons, and also fig.). — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii 141.
The Scottis on fute gret rowme about thaim maide, With ponȝeand speris throuch platis prest of steylle c1475 Ib. vii 1198.
The punȝeand hed the plattis persyt rycht —fig. c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 8216.
Quhidder as ȝe traist that brute or bewtie In lufe mare pu[n]gȝeand and distrenȝeand be c1460 Ib. 8230.
Pungȝeand
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