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: 1375-1400, 1475
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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 Legends of the Saints ii 209.
Thane Paule tham prechit … Of Criste … and of his ryk a1400 Ib. xxxv 69.
I treu that God is & his ryke Is stedfaste lestand ay c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ii 359.
Wallace … In Ingland fer socht battaill on that rik
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