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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rik, Ryk(e, n.1 [ME and e.m.E. rike (a1300), rik (14th c.), OE ríce, ON ríki.] A kingdom or realm; ‘the kingdom of heaven’. —1375 Barb. viii 234.
As thai war lyk Tyll angelys hey off hewynnys ryk a1400 Leg. S. ii 209.
Thane Paule tham prechit … Of Criste … and of his ryk Ib. xxxv 69.
I treu that God is & his ryke Is stedfaste lestand ay c1475 Wall. ii 359.
Wallace … In Ingland fer socht battaill on that rik

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