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▪ I. rerd(e, n. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 1–3 reord(e, 3 rorde, 4–5 rurd(e, ruerde, rewerd; 3–4 rerde, 3–6 rerd, 5 rerid, reryd, 6 (8–9) reird, 8–9 reerd; 4 rearde, 6, 9 reard, 8 raird. [OE. reord voice, cry, = OHG. rarta voice, melody, Goth. razda voice, speech, language, ON. rödd, radd- voice, song: the further etym. is uncertain. After 1400 almost exclusively Sc., usually in senses 2 b and 3.] †1. Voice, utterance, cry. Obs.
Beowulf 2556 Hordweard oncniow mannes reorde. a900Cynewulf Christ 510 Englas tweᵹen..cleopedon..ofer wera menᵹu beorhtan reorde. c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) cxxxvii. 5 Eorðan kyningas..ᵹehyrdan hlude reorde, þines muðes..word. c1200Ormin 16664 Þu mahht herenn gastess rerd Wiþþ erþliȝ flæshess ære. a1250Owl & Night. 311 Ȝet thu..telst that ich ne can noȝt singe, Ac al mi rorde [v.r. reorde] is woning. a1300Vox & Wolf 114 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 61 He com to the putte, thene vox i-herde; He him kneu wel by his rerde. 1340Ayenb. 211 Lhord god yhyer mine bene and mine rearde þet ich grede to þe. a1400–50Alexander 387 With a renyst reryd þis reson he said. 2. A loud or noisy cry; noise or din made by crying or roaring; † a noisy tongue.
13..Seuyn Sag. (W.) 910 He criede and makede rewli rerd. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 390 Summe..Rwly wyth a loud rurd rored for drede. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 2073 Than kest he up so lathly rerde, Ful mani folk myht he have ferde. c1425Wyntoun Cron. i. ix. 804 Þa bestis..oyssis wiþ gret rerde to rare. c1480Henryson Mor. Fab. v. 23 Ryfand his hair, he cryit with ane reird. 1721Kelly Scot. Prov. 44 A house with a Reek, and a Wife with a Reerd will soon make a Man run to the Door. 1819Hogg Jacobite Relics, Q. Anne vi, Then she ga'e a reirde, Made a' the smiths to glowr. b. Uproar or clamour made by a number of persons (or animals).
1500–20Dunbar Poems xxxiii. 94 Thik was the clud of kayis and crawis,..The rerd of thame raiss to the sky. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 34 Na man wist quhat wes to be done, throw reird of men and beistis. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 86 [They] brak about him witht sic ane reird and clamour. 1718Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xix, Sic a reird ran thro' the rout. 1791J. Learmont Poems 167 Their raird rang rudely owr the lift. 1822Scott Nigel ii, Then the reird raise, and..murdered I suld hae been, without remeid. 1894Northumbld. Gloss., Reard, Reerd, riot, confusion. 3. Noise or din of any kind.
c1400Destr. Troy 12697 Þe remnond..Herd þe rurde & þe ryfte of þe rank schippis. c1470Henry Wallace viii. 208 Gret rerd thar rais all sammyn quhar thai ryd. 1508Dunbar Gold. Targe 241 For reird it semyt that the raynbow brak. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 75 Sa huge nois rais be reird and sowne of bellis. 1585Jas. I. Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 13 With threatning thunders, making monstrous reard. 1715Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. ii. xiii, Back gate..she loot a fearfu' raird. 1806R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 243 Till far and near, wood, rock and cave, The thunderin' reird return. ▪ II. rerd(e, v. Obs. exc. Sc. Forms: 1 (riord-), reordian, 2 -ien, 5–6 rerde, reird, 6 reard, 6 (9) raird. [OE. reordian, f. reord: see prec.] †1. intr. To speak, discourse. Obs.
Beowulf 3025 Sceal..se wonna hrefn..fela reordian. a900Cynewulf Christ 196 Þa seo femne..þus reordode. a1000Genesis 1253 Þa reordade rodera waldend..& þa worde cwæð. c1205Lay. 22173 He reordien gan and þas word sæide. 2. To make a noise; to roar, resound, etc.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. lxxvii. 608 (Wemyss), Syne efter it begouth to wax, And within him rerd and rax. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 914 The rochis reirdit vith the rasch, quhen thai samyne rane. 1513Douglas æneis viii. v. 68 The wod resoundis schill,..The hillis reirdis. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 233 With buglis blast quhill rairdit all the ryce. 1585Montgomerie Sonnets xii, Can thunder reird the higher for a horne? 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 403 Ice is said to be rairding, when it is cracking. Hence ˈrerding vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also † ˈrerdour, clamour, tumult. Obs. rare—1.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 277 Sic reirdour raiss amang thame vp and doun. Ibid. II. 462 Quhill all the rochis with thair reirding rang. 1591–1603Jas. I Sonett, Poet. Exercises, The rearding thunders, and the blustering winds. |