Rammys, rammous, adj. excited, violent. R.R., 113. O. N. ramr, rammr, strong, vehement, Norse ram, powerful, risky, hazardous. Cl. and V. cites the N. Eng. form ram, bitter, which is the same word.
Ramstam, adj. indiscreet, with an idea of rushing into anything thoughtlessly. Burns, 32, 22. O. N. rammr, vehement, and stam, stiff, hard, unbending. Cp. Cu. ram, strong, and rammish, violent, and American slang rambunktious, obstreperous.
Ranegill, sb. a scapegrace, a worthless fellow. Johnnie Gibb, 179, 11. Cp. Norse rangel, ranglefant, a loafer, rascal. Doubtful.
Rangale, sb. rabble, mob. Wyntoun, VIII, 36, 35; Bruce, XII, 474. O. N. hrang, noise, tumult, especially the noise a crowd makes.
Red, vb. to clear away, clear up, set to rights. R.R., 1242; Isaiah, LX, 10. O. N. hryðja, to clear away, Norse rydja, rydda, Sw. rödja, Dan. rydde. Cp. Eng. rid, O. Fr. hredda, O. E. hreddan, Norse redda, save, liberate. Germ. retten is another word.
Red up, vb. open up. Isaiah, XL, 3; LXII, 10. O. N. hryðja upp, Norse rydde op, clear up. In Ramsay, II, 225, red up pp. means dressed. See also Wall under red.
Redding, sb. growing afraid. Lyndsay, 356, 1263. See rad, red.
Reese, vb. to extol. Ramsay, I, 262. Eng. raise. See also raise above, as used in Burns.
Restit (very frequently reestit), adj. dry, withered. Burns, 6, 5. Dan. riste, to dry something over a rist, ristet, dried. O. N. rist, a gridiron. Cp. Cu. reestit, rancid, rusty.
Rive, ryfe, rif (rīv), vb. to tear, break open, cleave. Lyndsay, 434, 156; Wynyet, II, 6514; Psalms, XXIX, 5. O. N. rifa, to tear, Norse riva, reiva, Dan. rive, Sw. rifwa, M. E. raven id. Cp. Dunbar, T.M.W., 350, "rif into sondir," tear to pieces, and Norse "rive sonde." Cu. reavv, and ryve.