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coigner4 (c.1185)
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coigner4 (c.1185)

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coingnier;  coinner;  cuigner,  cuner,  cunier;  koigner  (goigner)  
  FEW:  cuneus 2/ii,1531b Gdf:  coignier 2,172c GdfC:  coignier 9,120c TL: coignier 2,824 DEAF:  coing (coignier)  DMF:  cogner  TLF:  cogner  OED:  coin v.1  MED:  coinen v.  DMLBS:  cuneare 533b

v.trans.

1curr.finan.to coin, stamp: 
( 1314-15 )  qe le dit Gardeyn (=of the Mint) ne soit ousté par nul aliene, et qe la coyne demore devers luy a coigner tot foitz quant mester serra  Rot Parl1 i 298
( s.xiv-xv )  il n’artera ne compellera nulle persone […] lesser d’avoir son or ou argent cunez en la dite Toure de Londres  YMB ii 105
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 )  Coynés pour couper bastouns de keyne Et coignes (=wedges) pur lez busshes (=logs) fendre et l’argent coignee prendre  Man lang ANTS 79.25-6
( 1423 )  tout ceo qe viendra a l’Eschange en plate ou en masse ferra cuigner a le Mynt  Rot Parl1 iv 200
♦to affix an official stamp on blocks of tin of standard value: 
( 1314-15 )  une grant summe d’esteym faussement coignez  Rot Parl1 i 296
( 1340-80 )  (tin-miners complain) de iceux qe amenent esteim outre meer ou allours par musceites, nient coynee del coyn le roi par quei le rei pert le proffit de son coyn  TNA SC 8/342/16144
2to put, set, place: 
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  Ly syres feyt son neyf (M.E. cheorl) koigner (M.E. stocken) En ses ceps (M.E. stockes) pur chastier  bibb MS (C) 9vb

v.intrans.

to strike (at): 
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  De l’escu se clot […] Ne vot plus suffrir ke il n’i goigne  Ipom BFR 3640
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