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▪ I. coynye, coignye, n. Irish Hist.|ˈkɔɪɲɪ|
Forms: 5 (?) coynee, 5–6 coygnye, 6 coignye, coynye, coine, 7–9 coigny, coyne, 7 coynie, coigne, (8– erron. coyn, coin).
[a. Irish coinnemh (koiæpaln.ev), with nasal v) billeting, entertainment, one billeted, a guest: OIr. type *condem, whence condmim vb. I billet, condmed vbl. n., later coinnmheadh billeting, condmedim, coinmhedhim vb. I billet. (Whitley Stokes.)]
The billeting of military followers upon private persons; food and entertainment exacted, by the Irish chiefs, for their soldiers and attendants; an impost levied for the same purpose. coynye and livery: see quots.
1449Act 28 Hen. VI in Bolton Stat. Irel. (1621) 14, No other man shall any more use any such coynees..nor shall take no pledges from them. 1495Stat. Irel. (1765) I. 54 [spelling corrupt] This evil custom of coyn and livery. c1575J. Hooker Life Carew 87 The wicked and detestable usages of the Irishry in coyne and livery. 1596Spenser State Irel. (Globe) 623 There is also such another Statute or two, which make Coygnye [ed. 1633 coigny] and Liverye to be treason..It is apparent, that, by the woord Liverye is there meant horse-meate, like as by the woord Coygnye is understood mans-meate; I think this woord Coignye is derived of the Irish. 1600J. Dymmok Treat. Irel. (1843) 3 Coynye is..a placinge of men..by a prerogatyve of the Brehon law, whereby they are permitted to take meate, drinke, aqua vitae and money of their hostes. 1606L. Bryskett Civ. Life 157 Any such vnlawful exaction as coynie. 1612Sir J. Davies Why Ireland (1747) 31 Maurice Fitz-Thomas of Desmond..bigan that wicked extortion of Coigne and livery and pay; that is He and his army tooke horse-meate and man's-meate and money at their pleasure. a1661Fuller Worthies iii. 218 The damnable custome..of Coigne and Livory. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) III. xviii. 361 The requisitions of coyne and livery..were again forbidden. 1872E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 109 note, A document in the book of Kells records how the quarterly coigny..was commuted. 1875Maine Hist. Inst. v. 127 Coin and livery.
Hence † ˈcoynye, ˈcoignye v., trans. to billet upon; also to exact coynye from; refl. and intr. to quarter oneself upon.
1449Act 28 Hen. VI in Bolton Stat. Irel. (1621) 13 They doe coynee them upon poore Husbands and tenants. 1456Act 35 Hen. VI (ibid. 24), The sonnes of many men..doe robbe, spoyle, and coygnye the kings poore liege people. 1606L. Bryskett Civ. Life 157 Their purpose was to coynie vpon me, and to eate me out of house and home.
▪ II. coynye
obs. var. of cunye, coin. |