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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1460
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Rednes, n. Also: -nase. [ Red adj.] Fear, fright, apprehension. = Radnes n.Only in early verse.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi 104.
Scho had gret rednes til apere Ymange rychtwyse a1450 Fifteen Ois 17.
Haue mynd of … that gret rednes That thou had(2) a1400 Legends of the Saints xi 194.
That rednes me Assalȝeis; quhare-for sa laucht ȝe? ?1438 Alex. ii 2487.
Ȝarning and rednes [F. päours] … garris me neir out of wit to ga(3) a1400 Legends of the Saints ii 414.
Thai for rednase done can caste In-till a dyk a1400 Ib. xxiii 402.
& I fore rednes fled my gat 1460 Hay Alex. MS 18759.
And all folk fled in caveis for rednes(4) a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 1099.
The portare … Come … but delay, Haffand wondir with rednes(5) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii 701.
That but rednes ore terroure Of Goddis son wes confessoure
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