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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Risp, Rysp(e, n.¹ Also: rispe. [Of unknown origin. SND conjectures ‘Perh. an extension of Risp n.^2’. (SND, s.v. Risp n.²)] A species of sedge. a. pl. b. coll.a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 56.
Amang the grene rispis and the redis Arrivit sche 1513 Doug. vi vi 68.
Amang the fawch ryspys [Sm. rispis, 1553 rissis] harsk and starb. 1513 Doug. ii ii 142.
Amang the rysp and redis out of sycht Full law I lurkit Ib. x xii 54.
Amang the buskis rank of ryspe [Sm. rysp] and redis Ib. xii Prol. 152.
Swannys swouchis throw owt the rysp and redis, … Seirsand by kynd a place quhar thai suld lay c1700 Haigs of Bemersyde 478 n.
On this end growes the padapips and rispe