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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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Recry, Racry, v.2 [? OF recrier to renounce, etc., also = to put back again.] tr. a. ? To restore (to an earlier condition). Const. infin. b. To retract (a statement). —a. a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 120 (Harl.).
Josaphat … His ryall kingdome … To kepe the law of God he culd recry [Asl. racry] —b. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 88 (M).
Thow sall recry it or than thy crown sall cleif

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