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: 1450-1452
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Ribup, Rivupe, n. [ME rubybe, rybibe, rebibe (v.rr. of rubible, Chaucer Miller's Tale 145), OF rebebe (c1265 in Larousse), f. Arabic rabāb.] A stringed musical instrument, ‘related to the rebeck, but larger’ (Carter Dictionary of ME Musical Terms). —c1450-2 Howlat 759 (A).
The rote and the recordour the rivupe [B. ribup] the rist The trumpe and the talburn
