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

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1375-1420

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(Riot,) v. Also: ryot(e. [ME and e.m.E. riote(n to revel (Chaucer), to waste (1597), ryotte to harry (north., a1400), OF rioter, riotter (late 12th c. in Greimas). Cf. Our-riot v.] tr. To ravage, harry, spoil (land). —1375 Barb. v 181.
And he oft ryot all [C. ryot to, 1571 ryotit] the land And maid all his that euer he fand
1375 Ib. viii 127.
Quhen Schir Aymer … Hard how he ryotyt [C. rewlit, H. rioted] the land [etc.]
1375 Ib. ix 505.
All that he fand he makyt his And ryotyt [C. aryotit, 1571 heryit] gretly the land
c1420 Wynt. iv 532 (W).
And leit the Persantis … Ryote hir landis and oure ryde
c1420 Ib. viii 4555 (R).
The Erle off Athole … gert his folk wyth mekill mayne Ryot halyly the cwntre

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