A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(To-rife,) v. P.t. to raiff. P.p. to ryvine, to rewyn. [ME to ryue (14th c.); To- prefix2 and Rif(e v.] a. tr. To cleave, split asunder. b. intr. To split. —a. a1400 Leg. S. xvii 113.
The body lay, To ryvine c1420 Wynt. iv 726 (see To-frusch v. 1 a).
To rewyn —b. c1475 Wall. ii 52.
The tre to raiff and fruschit euiredeille
