A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Ray, n.2 [ME raye (a1400–c1460), ONF rei (OF roi, Roy n.) a king.] Addressed, poetically, to a man or warrior (? of noble birth), in respect (or ? irony). —1513 Doug. viii Prol. 157.
‘Thys romans ar bot rydlys,’ quod I to that ray
