darrain

English

Alternative forms

• darraign
• dereine, dereyne

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French deraisnier (“to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin derationare (“to discourse, contend in law”).

Verb

darrain (third-person singular simple present darrains, present participle darraining, simple past and past participle darrained)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make ready to fight; to arm oneself for combat.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
   • 2001, Scott Lynch-Giddings, A Fancyfull Historie of that Most Notable & Fameous Outlaw Robyn Hood, San Jose, Calif.: Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 108:

     Now everything I had or sought, I've lost; / Upon a glimpse, I am disparadised. / So: go defiant to the nether world, / And darreign^[sic] Lucifer's dread minions to / Worse torment than thou wouldst do thyself.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with darrein.

Related terms

• deraign

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• darrojen

Noun

darrain

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive plural of darra