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be-reáfian

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  • Bereáfað

    populatur,

    • An. Ox. 139
      • .

  • Bereafiað

    moliuntur fraudes,

    • Kent. Gl. 3
      • .

  • Bereáuedon

    abegerant,

    • An. Ox. 7, 263
      • .

  • Bereáfian

    grassari,

    • 5343.

  • Bereáfed

    fraudaretur,

    • 1583.
with acc. of person (or thing) despoiled,
alone
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  • Hé bereáfode hine sylfne

    se expolians,

    • Gr. D. 68, 8
      • .

  • Hí ðæt mynster beréfodon,

    • Chr. 794
      • ;
    • P. 57, 12
      • .

  • Ꝥ hé God bereáfige,

    • Lch. iii. 444, 1.

  • þ á wícstówa and þæt wæl bereáfian

    castrorum praedam percensere,

    • Ors. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 128, 9
      • .
with spoil,
in gen.
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  • pú þá treówa heora leáfa bereá-fast,

    • Bt. 4
      • ;
    • F. 8, 6
      • .

  • Se móna þá sunnan heore leóhtes bereáfaþ,

    • F. 8, 1
      • .

  • Háma bereáfod,

    • Chr. 975
      • ;
    • P. 120, 24
      • :
    • 1065
      • ;
    • P. 195, 6
      • :
    • Cri. 558
      • :
    • El. 910.
inst. (dat.)
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  • Scæb ꝥ heáfod feaxe bereáfað,

    • Lch. i. 322, 18
      • .

  • Hí hine wǽdon bereáfoden,

    • Hml. Th. i. 430, 2
      • :
    • 428, 5
      • .

  • Wæs hé lande bereáfod,

    • Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • P. 194, 4
      • :
    • Hml. S. 23 b, 207
      • :
    • B. 2746
      • :
    • An. 1316
      • ,

  • Wé sind bereáfod úrum gódum

    aporiamur bonis nostris,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 43
      • .
with æt
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  • Hí bereáfodon Loth æt his ǽhton

    predati sunt Loth,

    • Prud. 2 b
      • :
    • Chr. 1043
      • ;
    • P. 163, 34
      • .

  • þeáh se reáfere ús æt ǽhtum bereáfige,

    • Hml. Th. i. 576, 10
      • :
    • Ll. Th. ii. 180, 21
      • .

  • Gif man beó æt his ǽhtum bereáfod,

    • i. 286, 16.

  • Aaron hæfde bereáfod

    (spoliaverat)

    ꝥ folc æt hira golde,

    • Ex. 32, 25
      • .
with acc. of spoil and on with person
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  • ꝥ hé him ágeáfe þæt hé ǽr on him bereáfode (ge-, v. l. ),

    • Ors. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 146, 30
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. bi-raubón
:
O. Sax. bi-rólbón
:
O. Frs. bi-rávia
:
O. H. Ger. bi-roubon exspoliare.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-reáfian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40032.

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