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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Red(d)our, -ur(e, n. Also: -oure.[ Red adj. See also Rad(d)o(u)r n.¹] Fear, dread. = Rad(d)o(u)r n.¹Also const. of the thing feared, and (once) of the thing feared for.(1) a1400 Leg. S. xviii 701.
Sic redure & sic dowl me tuk, That to-gyddir I swet & quok Ib. xix 391.
He fel fore redoure doune Ib. xlii 312.
Reddure 1456 Hay I 118/6.
Fulehardynesse is the tane [extreme], and reddour is the tothir Ib. 118/9.
Gif hardynes or reddour be ony thing pertenand to the force corporale of the body Ib. 127/16.
I may wele tak … wagis to sauf a man fra perilis, or to kepe him in his reddour c1460 Regim. Princ. 200 (Fairf.).
Stopand the law for luff frenschip or feed For reddoure raquest for meid or warysoun a1508 Want of Wyse Men 35.
Ȝowth is but reddour c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 11.
The erd sould trymbill … And all the divillis of hell for redour quaik, To heir quhat I suld wryt(2) a1400 Leg. S. xxix 990.
Thai thare-of [sc. the fire] na redur had ?a1500 Dewoit Exerc. 43.
Quhen all the partis of ȝour precius body for reddour and feir of dede suet richt aboundandly baith watter and blude ?a1500 Remembr. Passion 33.(3) 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 3107.
Bot Duk Betis haid reddour of the toun, And priuelie put in a mare garnisoun