Ra (rē), sb. a sail-yard. Douglas, II, 274, 16. O. N., Ic. rá, Dan. raa, Norse raa, Sw. ra, Shetland roe, a sail-yard.
Rad, red, adj. afraid. Bruce, XII, 431; Dunbar, T.M.W., 320; Montg. C. and S., 1392. O. N. hræddr, timid, frightened, Norse rædd, Dan. ræd, Sw. rädd, id., M. E. rad. Cp. O. N. hræða, to frighten, Norse rædda.
Radness, sb. timidity, fear. R.R., 1166; 1660. Deriv. from rad, q.v.
Radeur, sb. fear. L.L., 1489. Sco. formation from rad adj., afraid. M. E. reddour, redour is a different word from O. Fr. reidur, later roideur, see B-S.
Ragged, adj. full of rag, ragwort. Burns, 103, 85. See ragweed.
Ragweed, sb. an herb, ragwort. Burns, 6, 5, 9. O. N. rögg, M. E. ragge for which see B-S. Cp. Sw. dial. ragg, rogga.
Raise, raize, vb. to incite, stir up. Burns, 6, 5, 4; and 7, 1, 1. Used here as Sco. bait would be used, otherwise generally as Eng. raise, from O. N. ræisa.
Rake, raik (rēk), vb. to go, walk, wander, also depart. Dunbar, T.M.W., 524; Gol. and Gaw., 72; Psalms, XVIII, 10. O. N. ræika, to wander, Norse ræka, to wander about aimlessly. Cp. Cu. rake, a journey, "He's teann a rake ower to Kendal." See also Wall.
Ramfeezled, adj. exhausted, fatigued. Burns, 42, 1, 3. One of a number of words in Sco. formed with ram, cp. ramshackle, ramstam, rammous, etc. The second element probably the same as Eng. fizzle in the expression to fizzle out, fail, come to nought. See fizz in Skeat. See rammys.
Rammeist, vb.pret. ran wild, frenzied. Montg., F., 511. Cp. rammous adj. Probably the same used as a vb. Cp. Norse ramsa, to slash together, do a thing hurriedly, also to make a noise.