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: 1438-1460, 1584-1637
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Redout, -doubt, v. [ME and e.m.E. redowte(n (Chaucer), -doubt (Caxton), F. redouter, obs. F. redoubter (11th c.), f. re- and -douter to fear.] tr. To fear (a person); to stand in awe or apprehension of.Chiefly in passive.(a) ?1438 Alex. ii 7120.
Quhen men in turnay ar purueyit Thay sall wele mare redoutit be 1456 Hay I 46/19.
Alexander the conquerour, that mekle was redoutit in all the warld 1460 Id. Alex. MS 18404.
Quha was redoutit to the warldis end a1586 Lindsay MS 66.
Thai redout the kingis … & lordis be quhome thai haue thair power c1610 Melville Mem. 16.
Yet he redoutted the Landgraue(b) 1456 Hay I 302/26.
Throu the quhilk he salbe prisit and redoubtit … and haldin for wis prince 1584 Melvill 191.
Thinking … to be redoubted of thir nibours, and pley the oppressours and bangsters 1637 Baillie I 6.
He is most redoubted (though not upon the leits) for the greatness of his friend
