[References are usually to volume, page, and stanza.]
race of ginger, IV, 70, G (Child #200 G) 3: root.
race II, 445, (Child #109 A) 70, 72; 450, 77, 79; III, 278, (Child #158 A) (Child #158 B) 24, 29: course in justing, fetched a race, II, 454 f., (Child #109 C) 54, 58: took a run (for impetus); so I, 176, (Child #14 D) (Child #14 E) 22.
race castle-race, II, 75, (Child #62 E) (Child #62 F) 15; 81, 43: course in the castle-grounds, or contour of the castle (?).
rache I, 327 f., 10, 16, 51: a scenting dog.
rack III, 472, (Child #186 A) 3, 4: ford. "A very shallow ford, of considerable breadth: Teviotdale." Jamieson.
rad V, 192, (Child #305 A) 26: afraid.
rader, rather V, 283, 7, 17: quicker.
rader rider.
radly III, 98, (Child #119 A) 24: quickly. See rathely.
rae I, 350, (Child #39 G) 21; 352, 7: roe (referring to the wildness of Tam Lin).
raid, read, rede pret. of ride.
raid n., IV, 520, 3: simply ride, for hunting.
raik See rake.
rair I, 256, (Child #28 A) 4: roar.
rais, raise, rase pret. of rise, I, 305, (Child #33 G) 5; 327, 13; 420, 18; 422, 18; 451, 12; II, 30, (Child #58 K) (Child #58 L) 5; 92, 21; 108, 13-15; IV, 215, A (Child #220 A) 6.
raiths, rathes, reaths (Gael, ràidh), II, 314, (Child #91 B) (Child #91 C) (Child #91 D) 30; V, 268, 21, 22: quarters of a year.
rake, raik, reek II, 216 f., (Child #76 A) 5, 30; 483, 1; III, 125, (Child #123 B) 27; 162, 47; 180, 9: walk, move, raking on a rowe, III, 117, (Child #122 A) 24; 123, 16; 180, 11: advancing in a line; on a rowte, III, 180, (Child #140 A) (Child #140 B) 9: in a company.
ramp, rider IV, 198, G (Child #217 G) 6: wild (of manners or habits). See rank.
ramp, I, 302, B (Child #33 B) 7: spring, bounce, whisk, ramped him, I, 215 a, 7: Cramped, bounded.
randy I, 104 a, burden of d: probably unmeaning, though the sense "indelicate hoyden" would suit with stanza (Child #7 F) 2.
rane, lang rane II, 82, C: yarn, tedious tale.
rang wrong.
rank (A.S. rane, strenuus, fortis, protervus), wild, bold (turbulent), strong, violent, rank river, IV, 200, (Child #217 H) 5; 442, 4. rank robber (who robs with violence, "strong thief "): II, 223, F (Child #76 F) 4; 233, F 3; 399, 6; 400, 4; 401, C 6; 404, 6. rank reiver, III, 472, (Child #186 A) 6; IV, 195, C (Child #217 C) 3; 472, 11. rank rider, IV, 196, (Child #217 D) (Child #217 E) 4; 204, 11: rude, boisterous; but II, 434, (Child #107 A) 24; 437, 75: of spirit and courage, sturdy (stout rider, IV, 197, (Child #217 E) (Child #217 F) 3, no reference to horsemanship). ramp rider, IV, 198, G (Child #217 G) 6. rank Highlands, II, 93, (Child #63 E) (Child #63 F) 2, 3: rude, wild, ranke (of horses), II, 444, (Child #109 A) 59: high-fed (or used adverbially).
rankit pret. and p.p., V, 197, (Child #305 B) (Child #305 C) 10: drew, drawn, up in military order.
ranshakled IV, 6, (Child #190 A) 4; V, 249, 4: ransacked.
rantan, ranten See ranting.
ranted IV, 153, E (Child #212 E) 4; V, 115, (Child #279 app) 1; was rantin, IV, 85, (Child #203 A) (Child #203 B) 39: of making noisy merriment.
ranting n., IV, 284, (Child #231 A) (Child #231 B) 26; 287, 1; 288, 1: raking.
ranting, rantin, rantan, ranten laird, laddie, III, 455, D (Child #182 D) 1, 13; IV, 351, (Child #240 A) 1, 3 ff.; 356 f., B 1, 3, 4; V, 274 b, 3-6: jovial, dissipated, wanton, rakish, "fast;" we have a rantin lassie, IV, 354, A b 1, 2.
rap IV, 382, (Child #245 D) (Child #245 E) 14: knock, drive, pret. rapped, rappit, rappet, at, with ellipsis of the door, I, 105 a, 29; IV, 444, 16, 35; V, 173, (Child #299 A) (Child #299 B) 1; 306 b, 1.
rap II, 426, (Child #104 B) 12; IV, 352, (Child #240 A) (Child #240 B) (Child #240 C) 7; V, 161, B (Child #293 B) 1, 5; 274 b, 7; 302, 14: (of tears) to fall in quick succession.
rape rope.
rarely IV, 58, (Child #199 D) 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11; 358, 20, 21: rhyme-word (to which any one can assign all the sense it has). as adj., IV, 154, (Child #212 F) 7: rare.
rase pret. of rise. See rais.
rash n., IV, 75 a, b; 76, 1; 448 b, 5 (rash-bush); 524, 4, 7; V, 157, (Child #291 A) 12: rush.
rashin V, 173, (Child #299 A) (Child #299 B) 7: rushen, of rush.
rassiecot V, 107, 2: perhaps of no meaning, or, rush-coat.
rathely I, 327, is: quickly. See radly.
rathes II, 314, (Child #91 B) (Child #91 C) (Child #91 D) 30. See raiths.
rau row. See rawe.
raught I, 434, (Child #48 A) 36: reached, delivered.
rauked I, 69, (Child #5 A) 61: searched, rummaged. (Misprinted ranked.)
rave, reave, rive pret. of rive, I, 439, (Child #49 B) (Child #49 C) 5; II, 294, (Child #88 D) (Child #88 E) 32; IV, 181, (Child #215 D) (Child #215 E) 15. See rive.
ravie (rave?), V, 111, (Child #279 A) (Child #279 B) 19: rive, raving, V, 254, 14, 18, 19: tearing.
raw green raw sea, II, 30, (Child #58 K) (Child #58 L) 6: as of weather, wet and cold; but I am informed that the singer ordinarily gave haw, as II, 28, (Child #58 I) (Child #58 J) 21.
rawe, rewe n., III, 71, (Child #117 A) 306: row.
rawstye by the roote III, 94, (Child #118 A) 56: rusty, soiled, foul, (with blood) at the end (?).
ray n. and v., III, 112, (Child #121 A) 60; 201, 17; 406, 29; V, 83, b 3: array. V, 192, (Child #305 A) 34: make ready, saddle.
ray n., IV, 3, (Child #189 A) 22: track.
raye III, 67, (Child #117 A) 230: striped cloth.
raysse III, 295, (Child #161 A) 2: riding, raid.
reacheles on III, 93, (Child #118 A) 38: reckless of, heedless about.
read pret. of ride, IV, 457, 23; V, 166, (Child #294 A) 11; 228, 25.
read I, 309, B (Child #34 B) 1; 310, B b: rehearse, tell.
read (of dreams), IV, 167, D (Child #214 D) 9, 10; 171, 11; 172, 12, etc.; 180, C 3; 190, 23; V, 221, 24; 224, 23; 257, 14: interpret, give an issue to.
read, reade, rede, red, redd n., II, 53, (Child #60 A) 34, 35; 182, 4: advice. See rede.
read, reade, red v., II, 52 f., (Child #60 A) 6, 34; III, 104, (Child #120 A) 2, 4; 105, 25: advise, read my rede, II, 186, (Child #73 C) 1: corrupted from riddle my riddle, 187, 2, 8. See riddle.
readilie, readylye II, 23, E (Child #58 E) 7; 444, 43: (without difficulty or hesitation) certainly.
ready V, 75, (Child #273 A) 6, 7; 81, 10: direct, readye, II, 58, (Child #61 A) 16: indubitable, certain.
reaf, reif III, 458 b: plunder.
reak smoke. See reek.
reaming a suit o claise were o the apple reamin, IV, 176, (Child #214 N) (Child #214 O) (Child #214 P) 15: reaming = creaming, foaming, which of course gives little or no meaning. Apples were sometimes used to scent clothes.
rean, rin run.
reap V, 165 f., (Child #294 A) 6, 9: = ripe, search, rummage; see V, 306, 9.
reapen p.p. of reap, II, 9, (Child #55 A) 26.
rear rare.
reas praise. See roos.
reas, ryse III, 307, (Child #162 A) 5: rouse.
reast, reest V, 256 b, 4: roost.
reaths See raiths.
reave IV, 26, (Child #193 A) (Child #193 B) 1: rob.
reave, rave, rive pret. of rive, I, 442, (Child #49 E) (Child #49 F) 6; IV, 416, 18.
reaveld, reavelld II, 140, (Child #67 B) (Child #67 C) 19, 20: ravelled, disordered (of hair).
reaver, rever, riever IV, 85, (Child #203 A) (Child #203 B) 2: robber.
recher compar., V, 283, 10, 20: richer.
reck v., II, 340 b, 2d line: rock (perhaps miswritten).
recones, IV, 496 b: reckonings.
record sma, III, 319, (Child #163 A) (Child #163 B) 22: note.
red, redd, rede n., II, 182, (Child #73 A) 4; III, 112, (Child #121 A) 58: counsel. I, 22, B 1; 227 a, 5: talk, tale. See read.
red, redd, rede, reid v., I, 329, 58; II, 59, (Child #61 A) 20; 62 a, 15; 182, 4, 6, 9, 10; 272, 6; IV, 495, 2; V, 191, (Child #305 A) 8: advise.
red III, 163, (Child #134 A) 80: to rid, clear out. of hair, comb (see redding-kaim). red the question, II, 253, (Child #81 H) (Child #81 I) 18: clear up, settle.
red lan, red land I, 16, C (Child #2 C) 11; IV, 274, (Child #228 D) (Child #228 E) 6; V, 206 a, 5: cleared, ploughed.
red river comb II, 216, (Child #76 A) 19, 21: corrupted, as are other versions in this passage.
redding-kaim, reeding-comb III, 452, (Child #182 A) 8; IV, 515, 7: comb (for disentangling).
rede See red.
rede p.p., III, 298, (Child #161 A) 53: read, divined, discerned.
rede pret. of ride, III, 63, (Child #117 A) 134 (reden, they rode); IV, 182, F (Child #215 F) 5. See read.
redly III, 67, (Child #117 A) 223: quickly.
reeding-comb See redding-kaim.
reef I, 333, (Child #38 G) 5: roof.
reef-tree I, 299, (Child #32 A) 5: roof-tree, beam in the angle of a roof.
reek, reak, reik n., II, 191, (Child #73 F) 24; 193, 21; 195, 33; III, 433, C (Child #178 C) 6-8, D 12; 434, 15; 435, 14; IV, 514, 16, 20: smoke.
reek v., I, 304, E (Child #33 E) 3; II, 30, L (Child #58 L) 2; V, 152, E b 1: rake, range, move, turn. See rake.
reekit V, 108, B (Child #278 B) 7: smoked, smoky.
reel reel went round, V, 155, C (Child #290 C) 2: revel, riot (of merry-makers)?
reem II, 335, N (Child #93 N) 7: room.
reest, reast IV, 189, (Child #216 B) (Child #216 C) 3, 4: roost.
reet I, 367, (Child #41 A) 7; V, 213, 8: root.
reeve V, 69 b: bailiff, steward, pl. reues.
refell I, 110, (Child #8 C) 22: repel.
refer message, II, 286, C (Child #87 C) 10: report, announce.
regulate III, 509, 1, 7: corruption of, riddle it.
reid v., V, 200 a, after 50: advise.
reif, reiff III, 365 b; 471, note ‡; V, 198 b, after 52: robbery.
reign II, 8, (Child #55 A) 1: for rhyme; range? or rein, as 9, b 1.
reik smoke. See reek.
reill reel.
reiver, rever, riever III, 472, (Child #186 A) 6; 473, 22: robber. See reaver.
rejoyfull IV, 173, (Child #214 K) (Child #214 L) 7: rejoicing.
remeid II, 367, (Child #96 G) 42; 371, 13; IV, 405, (Child #252 B) (Child #252 C) 49; 428, 7: remedy.
remorse III, 209, (Child #147 A) 10; 231, 94: compassion.
remoued II, 58, (Child #61 A) 4: agitated.
renisht renisht them to ride of twoe good renisht steeds, II, 52, (Child #60 A) 8; 53, 42 (42 emended from, on tow good renish, in conformity with 8): should have some such meaning as accoutred, but a derivation is not to be made out. Qy. [ha]renisht, harnessed?
renown spake wi renown, IV, 348, (Child #239 A) (Child #239 B) 11: force of authority (of prestige), or, with the air of a person of repute.
repair II, 163, (Child #69 E) 18: resort to? fix upon? (probably nonsense for rhyme).
require II, 427, (Child #105 A) 6: ask for. (Other texts, inquire.)
reset IV, 281 a: harboring.
respect in respect, III, 364 b: considering.
rest pret. of rest, IV, 424, (Child #258 A) 12.
restore IV, 425, (Child #259 A) 8: restore, because the morning-gift would revert to the father and be at his disposition, no son having been born.
retour IV, 91, note †: return.
returned III, 356, (Child #168 app) 33: turned away.
reuelle I, 328, 51, 52: festivity.
rever III, 458 b; IV, 472, 11: robber. See reaver.
reues III, 68, (Child #117 A) 254: bailiffs. See reeve.
rewe be rewe, II, 479, (Child #111 A) 15: in a row, one after another, each of the whole class. See rawe.
rewth III, 28, (Child #116 A) 136: pity.
ribless kiln I, 18, P 11: the ribs of a kiln for drying grain are the cross-beams, on which were laid the "stickles," or short pieces of wood, to support a layer of straw (or hair-cloth, or bricks) on which the grain was placed. It would of course be impossible to dry grain on a ribless kiln.
rid, ried red.
riddle II, 184, (Child #73 B) 5, 8, 11, 18; 186, 1; 187, 2, 8; 196, e 1, 7: resolve, riddle my riddle, 187, 2, 8: resolve my dilemma, read my rede, 186, 1, is probably corrupted from riddle my riddle; cf. 187, 2, 8.
ried ride.
rien V, 161, (Child #293 A) (Child #293 B) 9; 162, B 6: riven.
riever, reiver, rever IV, 84, (Child #203 A) 8; 195, C 3: robber. See reaver.
rig, rigg, riggin ridge.
rig, rigg of land, I, 19, (Child #2 F) (Child #2 G) (Child #2 H) (Child #2 I) 9; II, 152, (Child #68 I) (Child #68 J) 11; V, 164, (Child #293 D) (Child #293 E) 16; rig-length, III, 273, (Child #157 G) 23: a measure of land 600 feet by 15, containing 9000 square feet. Donaldson.
riggin III, 459, (Child #184 A) 5: ridge.
right III, 356, (Child #168 app) 19: right off, directly.
rigland land under the plough, and so in rigs, ridges. rigland shire, II, 132, (Child #66 C) 32: a shire of such land (?).
rin, rine, rean V, 221, 15: run.
ring plural, II, 285, (Child #87 A) (Child #87 B) 16 f.: misprint in Scott?
ring (dancing), II, 104, (Child #64 A) 23; so, take me to the middel o the ring, V, 273, 12.
ring knocked at the, with the, ring, II, 187, (Child #73 D) 12; 201, 2; 459, 10; III, 106, (Child #120 B) 4; 250, 11. rappit wi a, II, 462, (Child #110 B) (Child #110 C) 10. rapped on the, V, 293 b, 10. pulled at a, II, 490, D b 9. tinkled at the, II, 196 b, 4; 251, 4; 266, 7; 267, 9; 393, 11; 475, K 6: the hammer of a door-knocker. But, perhaps, in the case of tinkling, the ring may have been gently drawn up and down or struck against the projecting bow or rod of a door-handle (often wound with a spiral), an operation which, when vigorously performed, is described as risping or rasping.
ring (game), to ride at the ring, III, 448, A (Child #181 A) 3: to attempt, while at full gallop, to carry off, on the point of a rod, a ring suspended on a cross-beam resting on two upright posts. Jamieson.
ring and the ba IV, 257, (Child #226 A) (Child #226 B) 4; 354, A b 1, 2: a game in which a ring was thrown up, and a ball was to be thrown through before the ring fell. Dr. W. Gregor. The rantin lassie plays at this, IV, 354.
ringle-tree V, 112, B b 11: probably the huge block of wood used for scutching flax and mangling clothes. An old game-keeper tells me that he has heard the word and so understands it. When not in use for beating flax, the beetle and tree-block were used by the women to mangle their clothes after washing. W. Walker.
ripe, reap, rype III, 160, (Child #134 A) 16; 163, 83, 84; V, 306, 9: search, rummage, clear or clean out, rifle.
rise III, 332, (Child #166 A) 2: branch.
rise = raise: III, 513 b, 4. pret. rose, 514 a, 5. See ryse.
rise pret. of rise, III, 369, (Child #169 B) 17.
rise did on anchor rise so high, III, 344, (Child #167 B) 34: said of a ship in full sail; no apparent sense, (ride in B c, g, 347, 34; upon an anchor rose so high in h, 349, 34.)
rispen fine rispen kame, II, 225, J (Child #76 J) 2: keen, sharp, risping, rasping? or, p.p., filed? (This passage is variously corrupted in different versions.)
ritted II, 295, B b 4, 22: stuck, stabbed.
rive, rave, reave pret. of rive, tear, V, 256, 13. p.p. II, 465, (Child #110 E) 4, 6, 8.
rive up I, 303, (Child #33 C) (Child #33 D) (Child #33 E) 7: plough up, tear up.
riued I, 284, (Child #30 A) 9: arrived, travelled.
river III, 364 b: robber. See reaver.
river-comb red, II, 216, A (Child #76 A) 19: is river a corruption of ivory? In B 2, 4, it is a tabean brirben kame. H 1, brown berry comb. J 2, fine rispen kame: fine-filed (?). All seem to be badly corrupted.
rock, roke IV, 84, (Child #203 A) 14; 85, 4; 86, 6; 87, 4; V, 254 a, 4: distaff.
rocked, rocket, roked II, 191, (Child #73 F) 24; 195, 33: smoked.
rod III, 8, (Child #114 F) (Child #114 G) 21: a bier was extemporized by taking rods from bushes for spakes, spokes, or bars.
roddins II, 408, (Child #101 A) (Child #101 B) 19, 20; 409 f., 21, 23: berries of mountain ash. (But the berries are said to grow on yonder thorn, 409, 21.)
rode rood.
roelle-bone I, 326; (Child #37 C) 6. royal bone, I, 466 f., 10, 33; royal ben, I, 478 f., (Child #53 M) 12, 46: interpreted variously, without satisfaction. See rewel-boon, Professor Skeat's note to Chaucer's Sir Thopas, v. 2068. Hertzberg suggests Reval bone, mammoth tooth, fossil ivory, imported into western Europe via Reval, Chaucer Naehlese, in Jahrbuch für Rom. und Engl. Litteratur, VIII, 164 f.; and Prof. Skeat (with a different derivation), ivory of the walrus, citing Godefroy, "rochal, ivoire de morse."
roke III, 298, (Child #161 A) 51: reek, vapor.
roke V, 254 a, 4: rock, distaff. See rock.
roked, rocket, rocked II, 191, (Child #73 F) 24; 193, 21; 195, 33; V, 224, 19: smoked.
rom V, 304 b, 2: room.
rood III, 93, (Child #118 A) 28: rod (a measure).
rood four and thirty stripes comen beside the rood, II, 59, (Child #61 A) 29: referring to the scourging of Jesus (?).
room ye roun II, 89, (Child #63 B) (Child #63 C) 29: move round so as to make room.
roome III, 36, (Child #116 app) 44: companye (the reading in b).
roos, rous, reas v., IV, 69, (Child #200 E) 21; 378, 2; 379, 2; 384, 2; V, 275, 2: to praise, laud, boast.
roose n., IV, 503, 19: rose.
roosing, rosin, rousing n., IV, 378, (Child #245 A) (Child #245 B) 1; 379, 1; 383, 1; V, 275, 1: praising, boasting, bragging.
root I, 304, F (Child #33 F) 5: the end of a rafter, resting on a wall, ring of an auld tree-root, I, 304, F (Child #33 F) 4: hoops are sometimes made of tree-roots, which are very tough; the point here is the size of the fingers which such a ring would fit.
root of his sword III, 268, (Child #157 B) (Child #157 C) 11: a blunder; see note, III, 275.
rose-garlonde III, 75, (Child #117 A) 398: a "garland" appears to have been attached to the yerdes (397), and every shot outside of the garland was accounted a failure. The garland as the limit of allowable shots is mentioned at 93, 31. This must have been an extemporized ring of twigs in the latter case, and was so, perhaps, in the other, for it is likely that the term would become conventional, and mean, as Mr. C.J. Longman suggests, nothing more than a disk with circular rings, such as survive to this day in archery targets.
rosin V, 275, 11: boasting. See roosing.
rosses roses.
rottens, rottons I, 466, (Child #53 B) (Child #53 C) 8; V, 124, (Child #281 B) (Child #281 C) 6: rats.
roudes II, 284, (Child #87 A) 4: haggard (subst., an old wrinkled woman).
roun, rown, round III, 199, (Child #145 A) 28; 356, 19: whisper.
rounin, rouning n., V, 256, 10: whispering.
round so it went round, IV, 146, (Child #211 A) 7: so much it came to (?).
round tables II, 343, (Child #94 A) 1: a game.
roundlie I, 104, (Child #7 F) 6: at a good pace.
rous, roos, reas IV, 379, (Child #245 B) (Child #245 C) 2; V, 275, 2: boast of.
rousing n., boasting. See roosing.
rout n., III, 160, (Child #134 A) 22: blow.
rout n., IV, 113, (Child #207 B) 3; 114, D 1: row, brawl, disturbance.
rout v., II, 318 a; IV, 378, (Child #245 A) (Child #245 B) 5; 380, 11: roar. IV, 6, (Child #190 A) 15; V, 250, 14: bellow.
route, rowte, rowght III, 23, (Child #116 A) 22; 26, 88; 180, 9; 297, 33: company, band, crowd. In III, 297, (Child #161 A) 33: perhaps mêlée, affray.
routh I, 298, (Child #32 A) 1: plenty.
row rough.
row, rowe I, 71, (Child #5 B) 61; 80, 33; 441, 6, 8; II, 443, (Child #109 A) 35; 448, 39; IV, 267, (Child #227 A) 9; 269 b, 9: roll. pret. and p.p. rowed, rowd, rowit, rowt, I, 441, (Child #49 D) (Child #49 E) 7, 9; IV, 274, (Child #228 D) (Child #228 E) 15; V, 106, D (Child #277 D) 7: rolled, wound.
rowan, rowan tree, rowon tree, rown tree II, 504, 18: mountain-ash.
rowe on a, III, 67, (Child #117 A) 229; 117, 24: in a line, file.
row-footed III, 473, (Child #186 A) 25: rough-footed.
rowght III, 297, (Child #161 A) 33: company, ryall in rowghte, kingly among men. See route.
rowght wrought.
rown I, 312, 17, 22: rowan, mountain-ash. See rowan.
rown, roun, round III, 356, (Child #168 app) 19: whisper.
rowt pret., V, 106, D (Child #277 D) 7: rolled. See row.
rowte See route.
rowynde III, 297, (Child #161 A) 33: round.
royal bone, royal ben See roelle-bone.
royaltye III, 411, (Child #176 A) 5: splendid display, or the like.
rub-chadler, rub-chandler I, 285 f., (Child #30 A) 31, 43: rubbish-barrel. See I, 279.
rudd n. I, 272, (Child #29 A) 13, 20, 24: (redness) complexion, face.
rudd v., IV, 28, (Child #193 B) 34: redden.
rudely III, 162, (Child #134 A) 49: sturdily.
rue III, 220, (Child #151 A) 6: cause to rue.
rugge I, 243, (Child #23 A) 2: back.
rule III, 98, (Child #119 A) 32: going on, taking on, noisy bewailing.
run IV, 289, F (Child #231 F) 6: issue, outcome (said to be slang).
run red runs i the rain, II, 304, (Child #90 A) 4: gives no sense, and so of Scott's reading at this place, the red sun's on the rain. It will be observed that the day has not dawned.
run a reel II, 108, (Child #64 E) 17: gone through, danced.
rung I, 202, A (Child #17 A) 12; III, 161, (Child #134 A) 43; IV, 444, 20: staff, pike-staff.
rung (of the noise of a cannon), n., IV, 52, (Child #198 A) 14: ring; appears to have been altered, for rhyme, from ring, which is in two other copies.
rusty V, 151, E (Child #289 E) 6: surly.
rybybe I, 328, 49: a stringed instrument.
ryght straight, directly, ryjth, V, 283, 14: aright.
rynde be rynde and rent, III, 297, (Child #161 A) 42: flayed, (rynde should perhaps be riven.)
rype v. See ripe.
ryse III, 22, (Child #116 A) 2; 23, 20: rouse. See rise.
rysse I, 328, 39: probably rising ground, elevation (compare mountayne, playne, delle, hill, in 38, 40-42: not twig, brushwood).
rysyt I, 242, (Child #22 A) 11: riseth (old imperat. pl.), rise.
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