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: 1542-1564
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Rein(g)yeit, Renȝeit, ppl. adj. [Cf. 17th c. Eng. rayonné rayed, striped, streaked, p.p. of F. rayonner (1549 in Larousse). Cf. also Railȝeit ppl. adj., of which this may be a corruption.] — 1542 Treasurer's Accounts VIII 68.
Thre elnis renȝeit sating to be ane doublet 1542 Ib. 69. 1561 Inv. Q. Mary 22.
Ane litle pece of blak reinyeit taffetie 1564 Ib. 58.
Ane burdclaith of claith of gold reingyeit with reid without freinyeis or lyning
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