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Quotation dates: 1475
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Redy, adj. (ME (Chaucer) and e.m.E. redy, redi (Cath. Angl.), reddy (1579), Red(e adj. red, ruddy, or perh. another example of Reddy adv. 1 b.) — c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii 409.
Out thourch his rybbis a seker straik drewe he, Quhill leuir and lounggis men mycht all redy [1570 at anis] se
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