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reáfian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
reáfian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§536; §643;
to plunder, rifle, spoil, waste, rob
a person
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  • Úte hí reáfaþ (

    vastabit

    ) swurd,
      Deut. 32, 25.
  • Se ðe reáfaþ man leóhtan dæge

    he who robs a man by daylight,

      L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 11.
  • Ǽghwá mec reáfaþ,

      Exon. Th. 482, 4; Rä. 66, 2.
  • Gé reáfiaþ (

    spoliabitis

    )
      Egipte, Ex. 3, 22.
  • Ðenden reáfode rinc óðerne,

      Beo. Th. 5962; B. 2985.
  • Wígfrecan wæl reáfedon,

      2429; B. 1212.
  • Reáfodon (

    diripuerunt

    ) hine ealle oferfarende wæg,
      Ps. Spl. 88, 40.
  • Reáfa

    vastes,

      Kent. Gl. 936.
  • Gif hwylc man reáfige (

    spoliaverit

    ) óðerne æt his dehter,
      L. Ecg. P. iv. 13; Th. ii. 208, 7.
  • Swíðor ðonne hié reáfian earme and unscyldige,

      Blickl. Homl. 63, 17.
a place
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  • Ic folcsalo bærne, ræced reáfige,

      Exon. Th. 381, 4; Rä. 2, 6.
  • Ic lond reáfige,

      394. 7; Rä. 13, 14.
  • Se snáw gebryceþ burga geatu, reáfaþ swíðor mycle ðonne se swíðra níð,

      Salm. Kmbl. 65; Sal. 307.
  • Reáfiaþ hine (

    the vineyard

    ) ealle ða farende,
      Ps. Spl. 79, 13 : Blickl. Gl. Hý
    hergiaþ and heáwaþ, rýpaþ and reáfiaþ and tó scipe lǽdaþ, Wulfst. 163, 12.
  • Rib reáfiaþ réðe wyrmas,

      Soul. Kmbl. 220; Seel. 113.
  • Ic reáfode beám and ða blǽda æt,

      Cd. Th. 55, 28; Gen. 901.
  • Ðonne man his hús reáfige (

    diripiet

    ),
      Mk. Skt. 3, 27.
  • Hord reáfian,

      Beo. Th. 5540; B. 2773.
  • Helle weallas forbrecan, ðære burge þrym reáfian,

      Exon. Th. 461, 15; Hö. 36.
to seize, take as a robber takes
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  • Reáfiaþ

    rapiunt,

      Kent. Gl. 4.
  • Ic forþ ágef ða ðe ic ne reáfude ǽr

    quae non rapui tunc exolvebam,

      Ps. Th. 68, 5.
Etymology
[Goth. bi-raubon : Icel. raufa : O. Frs. rávia : O. Du. róven; O. H. Ger. roubón.]
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v. á-, be-, ge-reáfian.
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