Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1925
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¶RYNEN, adj. ? The word is prob. corrupt. The other versions given by Child have "clean strae or straw."Abd. 1925 Greig and Keith Last Leaves 221:
The beggar's bed was weel made wi rynen sheet an' hay.
