v. Sc. Obs. Also 5 -ount, -ownt. [Derivation unascertained.] intr. To shift one’s position; esp. to do this rapidly and stealthily; to make a forced march, to steal a march upon. Hence † Tranonting vbl. sb.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, VII. 508. Schir Amery … vith sic tranonting … thoucht he suld suppriss þe kyng. Ibid., XVIII. 360. Kyng robert … Tranontit [E. -ountyt, Hart -oynted] swa on hym ane nycht, That, be the morne that it wes day, Cummyn in-till playn feld war thai.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. xxiv. 3717. Til Anande in tranownttynge Þai coyme on þaim in þe dawynge.
c. 1450. Holland, Howlate, 515. Sarazenis … tranoyntit with a trayne apon that trewe knycht.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, VIII. 1564. Apon the morn the ost, but mar awys, Tranountyt north apon a gudlye wys.
1501. Douglas, Pal. Hon., II. lii. Thir ladyis … Uprais at last, commandand till tranoynt.
