An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Reid fische, Fish in a spawning state, S.
V. [Red spawn].
Acts Ja. I.

REIDSETT, adj. Placed in order.
Sir Gawan.

A. S. ge-rad sett-en, in ordine ponere.

REID-WOD, RED WOD, adj.
1. In a violent rage, S.
Montgomerie.
2. Furious, distracted.
Hamilton.

Isl. reid-ur, iratus; reide, ira.

REIF, REFE, s.
1. An eruption on the skin, S.
2. The itch is, by way of eminence, called the reif, S.

A. S. hreof, scabies.

To REIFE, REYFF, v. a. To rob.
Wallace.

A. S. reaf-ian, Isl. hreif-a, id.

Reif, Reiff, Reff, s.
1. Robbery.
Acts Ja. VI.
2. Spoil, plunder.
Barbour.