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(Remainand,) Remanand, n. and adj. Also: remayn(n)-, ramayn-, raman- and -ande. [Appar. pres. p. of Remain v. used as n. and adj., perh. after Remanent n. and adj. Cf. late ME remaynande (once, 1438–9).]

A. noun. 1. The rest or remainder (of a number of persons or things). = Remanent n. 1.(1) 1375 Barb. xii 516.
Bot the remanand [C. remanant] … maid na stinting Ib. iv 408 (C) (see Remanent n. 1 (1)).
Remanand Ib. vii 344 (E). ?1438 Alex. i 166.
The remanand was discumfit quyte c1475 Wall. vii 478.
Hym selff chyftayne the ramanand to leid — 1501 Acta Conc. III 5.
The remanand of the sadis persons(b) c1420 Wynt. viii 5865.
Than the remaynande [C. ramaynande] off the land Wes in till gret myrth abowndand 1445 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 311 (see B below). c1475 Wall. x 889.
And all the remaynand Entryt Ib. iii 401.
Ramaynand(2) 1442 Aberd. B. Rec. I 8.
That … the remanand of yattes … be stekit and closit

2. The remaining part (of a thing, process, amount, etc.). = Remanent n. 2. a1400 Leg. S. xvi 79.
The remanand dystribut scho To pure mene 1442 Aberd. B. Rec. I 8.
Anence the remanand of the contribucion to my [ladie] Elizabeth of Britane 1456 Hay I 269/16.
Gif it befallis that the juge may nocht gett be rycht knaulage quha has the better quha the unlykliar on the first day for schortnes of tyme quhethir gif thai aw to cum agayn apon the morne to fornys the remaynand of the bataill Ib. II 121/13.
And perfornisis the remaynand of thy degestioun Ib. 144/17.
All the remaynand of the day 1501 Chart. Coupar A. II 103.
The lordis contenewis the remanand of the punctis of the summondis till … Julij 1528 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 95.
Baxtaris to geif na mair to the dussone bot ii d. laiffis, under the pane of viii s. and avay deling of the remanand

b. The balance due of a debt. = Remanent n. 2 b. 1420 (1429–30) Reg. Great S. 30/1.
Of the remaynand he sal be aconttable til hys forsaid lord at his will 14.. Burgh Laws c. 94 (A).
& all the ramanande that he [sc. the creditor] gettis mar than the dett salbe [etc.] 1518 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 45.
Sa the said Thomas wald pa the ramanand betuix this and Belten nixt

c. Appar., applied to a blow that settles a combat once and for all. 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 3180.
The duke … till ane Greik gaue sic ane ramanand … his nekbane was cuttit quite in twane

B. adj. a. That continues to exist; abiding; enduring. = Remanent adj. 1. b. Remaining, other, additional.a. 1513 Doug. iii ii 38.
And at thou grant ws … for to dwel in a remanand townb. 1445 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 311.
& the remaynand of the lafe with the subscriving of the remaynnand handis 1616 Dunferm. B. Rec. I 368.
James Reid [etc.] … and remanandis maltmene within this burghe