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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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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/25605.

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