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: 1450-1599
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Renk, Rink, n.2 Also: renke, rynk. [ME and obs. e.m.E. renk (14th c.), reynke (Piers Plowman), also rink (c1205), OE rinc, OS rink, ON rekkr. ‘The stem is appar. an ablaut-variant to that of Rank adj.’ (OED).] A man, esp. a fighting man, a warrior.Chiefly in early verse.In pl., also (once) without inflection.(a) c1450-2 Howlat 622 (A).
I durst nocht kyth to copy All other armes thair by, Of renkis arayd a1500 Henr. Orph. 12.
A ryall renk [v.r. renke] a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 819.
Thay … renkis … Kest thame with gude will to do vthir skaith a1500 Golagros and Gawane 11.
Renkis of grete renovne a1500 Ib. 72.
The renk raikit in the saill a1500 Ib. 743, etc.
The renkis of the Round Tabill c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii 181.
Off terandry he power had and cur; Rebell renkis in mony seir regioun 15.. Christis Kirk 42 (M).
No renk [B. rink] mycht him arrest(b) a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 432.
Rinkis a1500 King Hart 186.
Wald thai nocht rest the rinkis so thay ryde a1500 King Hart 186.
Wald thai nocht rest the rinkis so thay ryde 1535 Stewart 42680.
With mony rynk that ryall wes and ryke, In plane battelluninfl. pl. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (O.U.P.) 134/5.
Befoir all rink of this regioun … Welcom!
