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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rape, adv. (ME rape (c1400) adj. and adv. quick(ly), hasti(ly), appar. back-formation f. ME rapely adv. hastily (c1220 to c1400), ON hrapaliga f. hrapa v. to hasten (ME rape(n). But cf. Rape,n. 1 c, of which this is possibly a further instance.) —a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 884 (Wr.).
Then Will, as angry as an ape, Ran ramping, swearing, rude and rape

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