turney

English

Noun

turney (plural turneys)

1. Obsolete form of tourney.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     What Tilts and Turneys at the Feast were seen

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   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Amongst the which they told , as then befell ,
     Of that great turney which was blazed brode

   • 1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Il Pensoroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC:

     great bards beside In sage and folemn tunes have sung , Of turney's and of trophies hung

Verb

turney (third-person singular simple present turneys, present participle turneying, simple past and past participle turneyed)

1. Obsolete form of tourney.

Anagrams

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