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: 1475-1578
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Ray(i)t, -id, Raid, ppl. adj.1 Also erroneous form: rayand. [ME raied (Wyclif) arrayed, adorned, Ray v.] Drawn up or disposed in order of battle.c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix 535.
Throu Gyan land in rayid battaill thai raid c1475 Ib. x 738.
In raid battaill the king to Sulway raid c1475 Ib. xi 903.
Wallace ȝeid in and his rayit battaill rycht 1513 Doug. vi xiv 62.
Pompey … With rayt ostis of the orient 1535 Stewart 2382.
The pairteis bayth that nycht, for dreid of vther, In rayit feild stude on thair feit togidder 1535 Ib. 18781.
In rayit battell reddie for to june1535 Ib. 24627.
Tha fled … Vnto the Pechtis … In rayand feild quhair tha war standand by 1535 Ib. 31838.
Tha brak In rayit feild behind the Scottis bak 1535 Ib. 19688, etc. a1578 Pitsc. I 271/17.
The Earle of Huntlie … and the Lord of Home standand in ane rayit battell
