A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1580-1618
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Haly, Halie rud(e, n. Also: hellie (and Haly Rude-, Halirud(e)-, Halerud-). [ME. holi rode, early hali rode, OE. (séo) hálᵹe ród.] The cross of Christ (chiefly in invocations).a1500 Henr. Fab. 1809.
God keip me fra him and the halie [B. hellie] rude c1500 Interl. Droich 174.
God blis thame and the Haly Rude a1500 Peblis to Play 126.
Ane cryit ‘The halie rude, Help ws, Lord’ 1580 Bk. Univ. Kirk II. 462.
That ordour may be tane with them that past … latelie to the Halie Rud of Peibles, and sick vther places 1618 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 184 (see Haly Croce n. 1).
