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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Ronk, adj. [ME ronk(e (13–14th c.), common in early alliterative verse, var. of Rank adj.1] Plentiful or dense, in growth. = Rank adj.1 6 b and c. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 93.
Quhare that I lay ourhelit wyth levis ronk [: bonk, donk, thonk] 1513 Doug. iii ix 4.
Furth of the woddis ronk [: donk] Ib. xi xi 83.
His dochtyr, amang buskis ronk [: slonk], In dern sladis … he nurist Ib. ix vii 29.
