Repugnen, v. to fight against, W2; to deny, PP.—­Lat. repugnare.

Repylle-stok, sb. an implement for cleaning flax, Voc.  See Ripple.

Rerage, sb. arrears, PP, HD; rerages, pl., PP.  Cf. Arerage.

Rerd, sb. voice, sound, SD; rerid, WA; reorde, S; rorde, SD:  rearde, S2; rurd, S2; rerde, dat., SD, HD.—­AS. reord for reard, cp.  OHG. rarta:  Goth, razda; cp.  Icel. rAdd (gen. raddar).

Rerden, v. to speak, to sound; reordien, SD; rerdit, pt. pl., S3.—­AS. reordian.

Reren, v. to make to rise, to rear, S2, B; rerde, pt. s., S, S2; rerid, pp., S2; rered, S2.—­AS. rA|*ran: Goth, raisjan.  See Rysen.

Resalgar, sb. realgar, red orpiment, C3, HD.—­Sp. rejalgar, arsenic (Minsheu).

Rescouen, v. to rescue, SkD; rescowe, CM; reskew, B,—­OF. rescou-, stem of rescouant, rescoant, pr. p. of rescorre.  See below.

Rescous, sb. rescue, S3, C, SkD, CM.—­OF. rescous (rescos) pp. of rescorre, to help, repair a damage, also resqueure (BH); Lat. re + excutere, to shake off.

Rese, s. and v.; see Rase.

Resen, v. to shake, C; see Rusien.

Reset, sb. place of refuge, B; see Receyt.

Resownen, v. to resound; resowne, C; resouned, pt. s., C2.-OF. resoner; Lat. resonare.

Respyt, sb. respite, delay, leisure, C3, C; respyte, Prompt., Cath.; respit, B.—­AF. respit; Late Lat. respectum (acc.), respite, prorogation (Ducange); a technical sense of Lat. respectus, consideration.

Rest, sb. rest; reste, S.—­AS. rest; cp.  OHG. resti (Tatian).

Resten, v. to rest, S.—­AS. restan; cp.  OHG. resten (Tatian).

Resun, sb. reason, talk, S2, PP, Prompt.; resoun, C2, S2, PP; reson, C2, PP, HD; reison, PP.—­AF. resoun (reison, reasoun), also raisoun, reason, language; Lat. rationem.

Resunable, adj. reasonable, talkative, eloquent, Prompt.; resonable, PP; resnabyl, HD; renable, PP; runnable, PP.  Notes (p. 23).—­AF. resonable, OF. resnable, raisnable; Lat. rationabilem.

Retenaunce, sb. retinue, company, PP, HD.—­AF. retenaunce; Late Lat. retinentia (Ducange).

Retenue, sb. retinue, suite, C2.—­OF. retenuA", a retinue (Cotg.); Late Lat. retenuta (Ducange).  In F. retenue means ‘reserve, modesty’, and has become obsolete in the English sense of a ‘suite’, a body of attendants.