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: 1460-1499
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(Risand,) Rysand, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. risyng (1548), -ing, Ris(e v.] a. (Fully) distended. Only in rysand-breistit, full chested. b. Springing up or growing. —a. 1460 Hay Alex. (S.T.S.) 223.
He was weill membrit and brawnit in his fassoun And rysand breistit hale as ane lioun —b. a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 419 (Asl.).
As mortall man … Is lyke a rysand floure in a gardyn
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