A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rab(e, Raib. [Var. of e.m.E. and ME rape. Cf. Germ. dial. rabe(n.] A turnip or, appar., radish. Also attrib. with rut. —1579, 1617 Despauter (1579).
Rapa, a raib [1617 a rabe] 1500-1699 Herbarius Latinus Annot. cxv (Bot.).
Raffanus, … rabrut, raib Ib. cxiv (Adv.).
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