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: 1497, 1654
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(Rinis,) Rynis, adj. Also: renneis; Ranis(c)h(e. [ME and e.m.E. rynische-, rynis(wyne) (northern, 1375–6), rynnysh (Caxton), reinnishe (1528), renysch (c1490), rennish (Shakesp.), AF reneis (13th c.–), OF rinois (13th c. in Greimas), rynois, rainois (OED), MHG rînisch, med. L. type Rhenensis, f. L. Rhēnus the Rhine. See also Rins adj., Rine attrib.] Rhenish. —1497 Halyb. 132.
A Rynis guldyn 1497 Ib. 134. 1654 Edinburgh Testaments LXVIII 11b.
Renneis wyne
