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reáfian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§536; §643;
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  • Ðá ðe óðre men reáfiað,

      Past. 329, 10.

  • Hé óeth;re menn reáfode,

      339, 2.

  • Tó reáfigeanne, 327, 25. (1 a)

    to rob

    aperson of something,
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  • Hé wile reáfian ðone his anwaldes,

      Past. 371, 25.

  • God reáfian lǽteð eówere dohtra heora oferrancra heáfodgewǽda,

      Wlfst. 45, 25.
with a prep.
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  • Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter

    si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit,

      Ll. Th. ii. 208, 7.
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  • Hí woldon ꝥ mynster reáfian,

      Chr. 1087; P. 223, 14.
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  • Ðæt hé for ðý syngige and reáfige ðý hé tiohchie ðæt hé eft scyle mid ðý reáfláce ælmessan gewyrcean,

      Past. 341, 21.

  • Ꝥ hyg hreáfian ł ꝥ hig gegrípan

    ut rapiant,

      Ps. L. 103, 21.

  • Ne scírð hé nó hwæðer hié reáfoden, oððe hwelc óðer yfel fremeden,

      Past. 329, 8.

  • Giétsian and reáfian for hiera wǽdle,

      341, 4.

  • Swá swá leó hreáfiende ł grípende

    sicut leo rapiens,

      Ps. L. 21, 14.
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  • Ðá ðe giét fliétað æfter óðera monna (gódum) and hié reáfiað qui aliena rapere contendunt, Past. 319, 16. (2 a)

    to take

    something from a person :-- Biþ leófwendra sé ðe gold selþ ðonne sé þe hit gaderaþ and on óþrum reáfaþ,
      Bt. 13; F. 38, 13.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. reave.]
Similar entries
v. on-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/57126.

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