The word is only attested one further time in the 13th-century rhymed chronicle of Philippe Mousqués (ed. Reiffenberg; E si estoient sodomite, Pifle, rawardenc et irite. l. 22415-6). The editors suggest the word should be considered a derivative of regarder though the semantic link remains obscure. Reiffenberg suggests a gloss of ‘curieux, d’une curiosité impie’ while Gregory glosses it as ‘heretic’ in Psalter Comment while conceding that neither has come to a satisfactory interpretation. Perhaps, as with pifle, the term is Flemish in origin.