A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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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 Wall. ii 409.
Out thourch his rybbis a seker straik drewe he, Quhill leuir and lounggis men mycht all redy [1570 at anis] se
