turney

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English

Noun

turney (plural turneys)

Obsolete form of tourney.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [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)

Obsolete form of tourney.

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