Raid
late Middle English (as a noun): Scots variant of road in the early senses ‘journey on horseback’, ‘foray’. The noun became rare from the end of the 16th century but was revived by Sir Walter Scott; the verb dates from the mid 19th century.
wiktionary
From Scots raid (obsolete after Middle English but revived in the 19th-century by Walter Scott), from Old English rād. Doublet of road.
etymonline
raid (n.)
early 15c., "mounted military expedition," Scottish and northern English form of rade "a riding, journey," from Old English rad "a riding, ride, expedition, journey; raid," (see road). The word fell into obscurity by 17c., but it was revived by Scott ("The Lay of the Last Minstrel," 1805; "Rob Roy," 1818), with a more extended sense of "attack, foray, hostile or predatory incursion." By 1873 of any sudden or vigorous descent (police raids, etc.). Of air raids by 1908.
raid (v.)
"take part in a raid, make a hostile attack upon" 1785 (implied in raiding), from raid (n.). Related: Raided; raiding. Also see raider.
