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reáfere

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
reáfere, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§602;
A reaver, robber, spoiler
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  • Reáfere raptor vel praedo, vel spoliator, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 49 : raptor, 76, 8 :

    agressor,

      19, 7.

  • Hreáfere

    praedo, raptor,

      Hpt. Gl. 501, 34.

  • Gif hwilc þeóf oððe reáfere gesóhte ðone cyning, ðæt hé hæbbe nigon nihta fyrst,

      L. Ath. iv. 4; Th. i. 222, 26.

  • Ueriatus wæs micel þeófmon and on ðære stalunge hé wearð reáfere

    Viriathus latro, primum infestando vias, deinde vastando provincias,

      Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 8.

  • Git ðú on hwilcum men ongitst ðæt hé byþ gítsere and reáfere, ne scealt ðú hine ná hátan man, ac wulf,

      Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 15.

  • Ne sǽde ðæt godspel ðæt se ríca (

    Dives in the parable

    ) reáfere wǽre, ac wæs uncystig,
      Homl. Th. i. 328, 18.

  • Scyld sceal cempan, sceaft reáfere,

      Exon. Th. 341, 23; Gn. Ex. 130.

  • Ic ne eom swylce óðre men, reáferas (

    raptores

    ),
      Lk. Skt. 18, 11.

  • Rýperas and reáferas and ðás woruldstrúderas,

      L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 19 : Wulfst. 165, 35 : L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 5.
Etymology
[O. E. Homl. reaferes, reveres; pl. : A. R. reavares : Laym. ræveres : Piers P. reveres : O. H. Ger. roubari raptor, predo : Ger. räuber : Icel. raufari, reyfari.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “reáfere.” 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/25604.

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