rerages (A.N.) [91], arrears
retenaunce (A.N.) [31], a retinue
reve (A.S.) [34], [102], [411], [423], an overseer, a reeve, steward, or bailiff
reve (A.S.) [335], [385], to take from
revere, pl. reveris (A.S.) reavers, people who deprive by force
reward (A.N.) [364], attention, warning
†rewel (A.S.) [473], rule
rewen (A.S.) to rue, to have mercy
rewme (A.N.) [430], a rheumatism, cold
ribaud (A.N.) [108], [286], [339], [372], a profligate low man. The word belonged properly to a particular class in society. See a detailed account of its derivation and signification in a note in my Political Songs, p. 369