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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1500-1550, 1616-1674

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(Rele,) Reill, Reel, v.3 [ME and e.m.E. rele, reole (Piers Plowman, v.rr. of rely, in the same sense), rely(n (Prompt. Parv.), reele (1548), f. Rele n. Cf. Relev.2] tr. To wind (thread) on a reel. Also absol.c1500 Makculloch MS xiii 97.
Alabro, as to reill
c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii 694.
Ilk ane in hand ane reill quhilk did not tyir, To reill thair hankis so small of reid gold wyir
1616 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 8 July (see Rele n. 1 (a)).
Reillit
1641 Baillie I 334.
Reeled
1674 Peebles B. Rec. II 88.
They … ordeane all woollen yairne … to be sold in any mercate or faire … be reilled in hankes

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