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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Ray, n.2 [ME raye (a1400–c1460), ONF rei (OF roi, Roy n.) a king.] Addressed, poetically, to a man or warrior (? of noble birth), in respect (or ? irony). — 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 157.
‘Thys romans ar bot rydlys,’ quod I to that ray
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