A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Rid(e, Ryd(e, adj. Also: (reid); ( Roid). [ME ride (strokes, rh. syde) (once, c1400). Cf. MLG ryde violent.] Of a blow: Violent, severe. Also transf. —1375 Barb. xii 559.
And mony a reale romble rid [C. ryde, 1571 reid] Be roucht thar apon athir sid ?1438 Alex. ii 1721.
Thir knichtis … wer … Defendand thame with routis ryde Ib. 4278.
He hes hurt me … And woundit with ane rymbill ryde a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 500.
Yit sal I … reve thame thair rentis, with routis full ride —transf. c1500 Makc. MS xv 21.
Behald … one to my syd, … a wond ful wyd That maid wes with a sper ful ryd
