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Repellar. Metathesized var. of Reparal(l v. 1 (= to repair). —1556–7 Edinb. Guild Ct. MS 19 Feb.
Ordanit … Dauid Stoddart … to repellar edify & big the ȝard dik of the land pertenyng to hir