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: 1513, 1650
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Riotnes, n. [e.m.E. riotness debauchery, dissipation (once, c1600).] a. Wildness. = Royetnes n. b. Dissipation. —1513 Doug. viii Prol. 177 (Ruddim.) (see Royetnes n.).
Riotnes —1650 Cramond Ch. Urquhart 29.
Others … were necessitate either to sleep out ther riotnes and drunkennes or els to be caryed home
