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[poigneis] (1160-74)

The form puingnee is a cross reference to the following entry:

[poigneis] (1160-74)

poigneiz,  poignez,  poiné,  poingniz;  pongneiz;  poygniz,  poyné;  pugniz;  puignay,  puignez;  puingnee;  punyes,  pungneiz  (puynyce  LANGTOFT thiol2 321.968)  
  FEW:  pungere 9,598b Gdf:  poigneis 1 6,247a / poigneis 2 6,127b GdfC: TL: poignëiz 7,2078 DEAF:  poignier (poigneïz)  DMF:  poignis  TLF: OED:  poynye n.  MED: DMLBS:

The FEW proposes pungere as the etymon, which groups this noun with poindre1 (‘to prick, pierce, stab’). However, it confirms (9,600a n.9) that this noun may also be derived from the verb pugnare (‘to engage in single combat, to fight, wrestle’ DMLBS 2565c), although, it claims, vernacular derivatives of this verb are rare. Semantically, a small group of words, centred around poigne1 (from pugna, ‘battle’) seems to have existed in Anglo-Norman.

As the OED suggests, because of the formal and semantic overlap, a further association of the word-group with poin1 (‘fist’), from Latin pugnus, seems likely (etymology of poynye n.).

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mil.fight, combat
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Ranof vit le grant poigneiz E vit le grant abateiz  Rom de Rou wace ii 38.4077
( c.1185; MS: s.xiiim )  Mut l’aveit ben fet tut le jur El pongneiz (var. (B: s.xivin) En poinez; (D: s.xivm) En le poignez) e en l’estur  Ipom BFR 6008
( 1190-1210; MS: c.1300 )  La veisiez tel pungneiz De ces bons chevaliers hardiz  Waldef BB 13747
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Cest an fust fet un assay de un poingniz entre Henri de Essex e Robert de Munfort: mes Robert lessa Henri pur poy tut mort el champ  Reis Engl1 214
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xivm )  Aprés ce le Roi Richard acheva devers les Franceis plusours batailles, poynés de guerre, chivauchés, rescouses, assautes des villes et chastelx, et toutplein d'autres nobles faitz d'armes  Rich I 45.2
conflict, disagreement (?)
( 1415-22 )  soit ung registreur ordonné par le souverain de la compaignie [...] pour [...] registrer loyaument [...] les paines et les causes des paines, les reconciliacions des pugniz, et tous autres actes et leurs causes  Garter Stats1 384.324

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See also:

poigne1  poigner1  poignere  poigneur 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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