QUHELM, WHELM, vb. to overturn, to turn upside down.  Douglas, II,
    64, 14; II, 264, 16.  Burns, 66, 1, also written quhelme,
    whamle, whemle.  In Cu. whemmel, M.E. hw[-e]lmen.  See
    Skeat under whelm.  Cp.  Norse kvelm and hvelm. The O.N.
    hvelfa, N. Norse kvelva, means “to turn upside down.”

QUYOK, QUYACH, diminutive of quey, q. v.

RA (r[-e]), sb. a sail-yard.  Douglas, II, 274, 16.  O.N., Ic. ra,
    Dan. raa, Norse raa, Sw. ra, Shetland roe, a sail-
     yard.

RAD, RED, adj. afraid.  Bruce, XII, 431; Dunbar, T. M.W., 320;
    Montg.  C. and S., 1392.  O.N. hraeddr, timid, frightened,
    Norse raedd, Dan. raed, Sw. raedd, id., M.E. rad.  Cp. 
    O.N. hraeetha, to frighten, Norse raedda.

RADNESS, sb. timidity, fear.  R. R., 1166; 1660.  Deriv. from rad,
    q.v.

RADEUR, sb. fear.  L.L., 1489.  Sco. formation from rad adj.,
    afraid.  M.E. reddour, redour is a different word from
    O. Fr. reidur, later roideur, see B-S.

RAGGED, adj. full of rag, ragwort.  Burns, 103, 85.  See
    ragweed.

RAGWEED, sb. an herb, ragwort.  Burns, 6, 5, 9.  O.N. roegg, M.E.
    ragge for which see B-S.  Cp.  Sw. dial. ragg, rogga.

RAISE, RAIZE, vb. to incite, stir up.  Burns, 6, 5, 4; and 7, 1, 1. 
    Used here as Sco. bait would be used, otherwise generally as
    Eng. raise, from O.N. raeisa.

RAKE, RAIK (r[-e]k), vb. to go, walk, wander, also depart.  Dunbar,
    T. M.W., 524; Gol. and Gaw., 72; Psalms, XVIII, 10.  O.N.
    raeika, to wander, Norse raeka, to wander about aimlessly. 
    Cp.  Cu. rake, a journey, “He’s teann a rake ower to Kendal.” 
    See also Wall.

RAMFEEZLED, adj. exhausted, fatigued.  Burns, 42, 1, 3.  One of a
    number of words in Sco. formed with ram, cp. ramshackle,
    ramstam, rammous, etc.  The second element probably the
    same as Eng. fizzle in the expression to fizzle out, fail,
    come to nought.  See fizz in Skeat.  See rammys.

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.