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reáf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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reáf, es; n.
spoil, booty
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  • Reáf exuviae, spolia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 33 :

    exuvias,

      31, 56 : 93, 1.

  • Weorðlíc reáf

    spolia,

      Ps. Th. 67, 12.

  • Se ðe beorna reáf manige (

    spolia multa

    ) méteþ,
      118, 162.

  • Seó gýtsung hyre reáf (

    spolia

    ) on ðære wynstran sídan scylt,
      Gl. Prud. 56 a. Hý ðý
    reáfe rǽdan mótan, Exon. Th. 110, 5; Gú. 103.
raiment, a garment, robe, vestment
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  • Reáf vestis vel vestimentum vel indumentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 40 :

    cultus,

      39, 70.

  • Heó æthrán his reáfes (

    vestimenti

    ) fnæd. Heó cwæþ sóðlíce : Ic beó hál gyf ic hys reáfes æthríne,
      Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20-21.
  • Tó hwí sint gé ymbhýdige be reáfe ? 6, 28.

  • Twegen weras on hwítum reáfe

    in veste fulgenti,

      Lk. Skt. 24, 4.

  • Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe ne wǽpman mid wífmannes reáfe,

      Deut. 22, 5.

  • Hé scrýdde hine mid línenum reáfe

    cum stola byssina,

      Gen. 41, 42.

  • Hláf tó etenne and reáf tó werigenne,

      28, 20.

  • Ðæt hálie reáf ðæt Aaron wereþ,

      Ex. 29, 29.

  • Johannes hæfde reáf of olfenda hǽrum,

      Mt. Kmbl. 3, 4.

  • His reáf (

    vestimenta

    ) wǽron swá hwíte swá snáw,
      17, 2.

  • Hí sǽton on blacum reáfum weán on wénum,

      Cd. Th. 191, 10; Exod. 212.

  • Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf

    depositis viduitatis vestibus,

      Gen. 38, 14.
Etymology
[Laym. reaf, ræf a robe : O. Sax. nód-róf rapine : O. Frs. ráf robbery, booty; also a pledge : O. Du. roof : O. H. Ger. roub spolia, praeda : Icel. val-rauf spoils taken from the slain.]
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v. bed-, búr-, deáþ-, gúþ-, heaðo-, here-, lenden-, síd-, wæl-reáf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “reáf.” 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/25603.

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