A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rere,) Reir, v.2 P.p. (reirdit). [ME rere (c1200), rear (1530), OE rǽran to raise.] a. tr. To construct by building up. b. intr. Of a horse: To rear, rise up on its hind legs. —a. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 238.
Ane wane, wrocht with ane wal, Reirdit on ane riche roche 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas i 501.
Some [bees] waxen pallaces with paine do reir —b. 1375 Barb. xiv 69 (C).
For hobynis that war stekit thar Rerit [E. relyt] and flang
