A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1490
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Rapyne, n. [Late ME (a1420) and e.m.E. rapyne, -in(e, F. rapine, L. rapīna.] The seizure of another's property by force, pillage. —1456 Hay I 27/32.
As rapyne, and thift, and murthir [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. I 87/13.
Deformiteis … as, inobediens, rapyne