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: 1530, 1632-1633
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(Rifing,) Ryveing, Ryvene, vbl. n.2 [Rif(e v.] The fact of tearing, or of being torn. —1530 Wigtown B. Ct. fol. 227b.
Fore the … ryuene of hyre hayre & dravyne of hyre blud a1633 Hope Major Pract. I 153.
The faults of ane charter ar: 1o, the changeing and mutilation of letters … interlyning … ryveing [etc.]