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. 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_. ROCK, _sb._ a loom, spinning wheel, spinning distaff. Lyndsay, 109, 3330; Burns, 223, 112, 3; 240, 148, 1. O.N. _rokkr_, a loom, Norse _rokk_, Dan. _rok_, spinning wheel. ROCKING, _sb._ "a chat, a friendly visit at which they would spin on the rock which the visitor carried along with her" (Wagner). Burns, 4, 28. See _rock_. ROVE, RUFE, _sb._ rest, repose. Montg., M.P., VI, 20; Scott, 62, 19. O.N. _ró_, Norse, Dan. _ro_, quiet, rest, Orm. _ro_ (see Brate). Final epenthetic _v_ also occurs in other words in Sco. Cp. _qhwov_ for _qwho, cruive_, besides _crue_, etc.