Quistron, _sb._ == scullion. Alys. 2511. Fr. questron, quistoun Quit, _adj._ == free from, released. RG. 392, 522 ---- _v. a._ == leave. Rel. S. vii. 75 Quite, _v. a._ == pay, requite. Pol. S. 71 Quithe, _v. a._ == promise, grant? Marg. 72. AS. cwéðan? Quiture, _sb._ == care, release. RG. 435 R. Rabbe, _sb._ == turnip. Alys. 4983. Dut. raap. Race, _sb._ == course. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. ræs ---- == speed, hence a short time [res]. Pol. S. 200; [ras]. Alys. 7830 Rache, _sb._ == hound, brach. Body and Soul, 214. AS. ræcc Rack, _sb._ == torture. Body and Soul, 66. Swed. räcka, to stretch Rade, _adj._ == ready. O. and N. 423; [rath]. HD. 75. AS. rád Radely, _adv._ == readily, swiftly. Ps. vi. 11 Radness, _sb._ == terror, horror. Ps. liv. 5. AS. hréð Rag, _sb._ Pol. S. 150. AS. hrac? implied in ‘hracod’ Rage, _sb._ == haste? Alys. 980; rashness. Alys. 4336 Ragged, _adj._ Body and Soul, 185. AS. hracod Ragged, _adj._ == raged, raging. Alys. 4471 Rail, _v. a._ == put on as a garment. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. AS. hrægl. Rain, _sb._ RG. 416, 560 ---- _v. n._ [ryne]. Fr. Sci. 212. Alys. 6450 ---- _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 27 Rainbow, _sb._ Signa ante Jud. 170 Raise, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100. Ps. cxii. 7 Rake, _v. n._ == depart, go away from. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 193. ON. reka Rake, _v. n._ == hawk, spit. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. AS. hracan Rake, _sb._ == the common instrument so called. Rel. S. v. 214. AS. ráce Raisin, _sb._ Alys. 5193 Raketyne, _sb._ == chain. RG. 142. AS. raccenta Ram, _sb._ == the animal. Alys. 388 Randon, _sb._ == haste, eagerness. Alys. 2484; ‘into randon.’ Cok. 130. AS. randún. Probably from the ON. rönd. Germ. rant, the border or edge of a thing. In Provençal we have the phrase ‘a randa,’ on the edge or border, hence close or pressing. From this comes the Fr. verb, ‘randir,’ to approach, rush towards a thing, and ‘randon,’ lit. rushing, and generally ‘haste, violence.’ See Burguy’s Grammaire, vol. ii. p. 323, whence the above is derived Rank, _adj._ Ps. lxxvii. 44. AS. ranc Ransack, _v. a._ Ps. vii. 10; lxiii. 7. ON. ransaka Ransacking, _sb._ Ps. lxiii. 7 Ransom, _sb._ RG. 374, 433. Fr. rançon Rap, _sb._ == blow? Body and Soul, 66. Sw. rapp Rape, _sb._ == haste. K. Horn, 566; [rap]. Rel. Ant. i. 115. ON. rápa, cursitare Rath, _adj._ soon, early. HD. 2391. Pol. S. 195. comp. ‘rather’ == sooner. O. and N. 1240; former. RG. 285. AS. hræð Rather, _adv._ RG. 459, 397 Raught. See Reek Raven, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 63. AS. hræfen Ravish, _v. a._ == rob, despoil a person of. RG. 194. Fr. ravir Raw, _adj._ Pol. S. 237. AS. hreáw Ray, _sb._ == striped cloth. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192 Rayme, _v. n._ == rule, lord it. Pol. S. 150 Razor, _sb._ Ps. li. 4 Reach, _v. a._ == tell. O. and N. 1447; part. ‘raht.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. recan Reach, _v. a._ == hold out to a person, as we say, ‘to reach one a thing.’ Pol. S. 157. AS. rǽcan Read, _v. a._ HD. 2327. AS. rǽdan Reader, _sb._ 1068 B.