† Roodsmasn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
= Roodmas n.
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1622 in J. Wilson Ann. Hawick (1850) 225 Jok Lytle..is indytit..for the thyteous steilling of four punds money of yis realme, and twa ellis of lyneing, fra Rob Grahame, sone to Jok o' Dryf, at Ruidsmes last, in Dumfreis.
?1765 State of Process D. Macdonald against Duke of Gordon 27 They fished as far down as Roodsmas.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Rudesmess, Rudesmas, a designation given to a certain term in the year, Dumfr.
1883 H. Morrison Tourists' Guide to Sutherland & Caithness 51 The names of two fairs held in the parish seem to point to ecclesiastical foundations. They are the fairs of Roodsmas and Magnusmas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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