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: 1456-1699
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Red(e)nes, n. [ME and e.m.E. rednesse (Chaucer), OE readnis, -nes.] The quality of beign red in colour; red colour. —1456 Hay II 140/15.
Ay the mare that the wyne have of redenes in samekle is it of mare vertu till engender blude naturale a1538 Abell 109b.
He [sc. James II] had ane rednes in his face 1500-1699 Herbrius Latinus Annot. i (Adv.).
Not tht the juse of absinthium is gud aganis the rednes of the eis
