A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rone, n.2 Also: ronn-. [Of obscure origin. Perh., SND conjectures, also f. as Rone,n.3 (SND, s.v. Rone n.3).] A strip or patch of ice on the surface of the ground. —1540 Lynd. Sat. 1050 (Ch.).
Ȝe ar the lamps that sould schaw them the licht To leid them on this sliddrie rone of yce 1597 Ellon Presb. 6.
[They cannot travel on horseback for] ronnis 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 208.
This wes called the Ronie rode becaus it hapned in the wunter season, when the ground wes full of ronns, or sheckles of yce
