A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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(Reuling,) Rewling, vbl. n.2 [? OF roellier, rooillier (1131 in Larousse; mod. F. rouiller), late L. *roticulare. Cf. ME and late ME royle(n intr. (Chaucer) ? = Roil v., roile tr. to roll (the eyes) (c1430). Cf. also Rolling vbl. n.2, Rol(l v.2 8.] The action of rolling. (But possibly an example of Reulingvbl. n.1, sense 1.) — a1568 Bannatyne MS 223b/13.
Allace, the rewling of ȝour wanttoun ene, Thai war the caus and gaif the iugement
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