13. CHAMPYON, V. PG. 12.
Wee better for to doe do champyon anie onne.
I do not believe that champion was used as a verb by any writer much earlier than Shakespeare.
14. CONTAKE. T. 87. CONTEKE. E. II. 10.
——I contake thie waie.
Conteke the dynnynge ayre and reche the skies.
Conteke is used by Chaucer, as a noun, for Contention. I know no instance of its being used as a verb.
15. DERNE. Æ 582. DERNIE. E. I. 19. El. 8. M. 106.
Whan thou didst boaste soe moche of actyon derne.
Oh Raufe, comme lyste and hear mie dernie tale.
O gentle Juga, beare mie dernie plainte.
He wrythde arounde yn drearie dernie payne.
Derne is a Saxon adj. signifying secret, private, in which sense it is used more than once by Chaucer, and in no other.
16. DROORIE. Ep. 47.