A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1648-1681
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0]
(Rede,) Reid, Raid, n.7 (Of unknown origin. Perh. related to Rod n.3 Cf. mod. Sc. dial. redd spawn of a fish or frog. Also in the north. Eng. dial. of the 19th c.) Also attrib. — 1681 Purves Revenue Crown 73.
Payed be the shirriff for blenches yeirly: … One chalomond reid out of Lorne —attrib. 1648 Aberd. B. Rec. MS XX (Jam.).
For keiping of the fischings in raid tyme fra all maner of nettis cobillis [etc.]
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Rede n.7". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 5 May 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/rede_n_7>
This short survey (6 questions) will help us improve the site.
