þeóf
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Theft Ná dón þeófæ non facere furtum, R. Ben. Interl. 19, 12
þeóf
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Ealle ða ðe cómun wǽron þeófas (ðeáfas, Lind.) and sceaþan ( fures et latrones) ... Þeóf (ðeáf, Lind. fur ) ne cymþ búton ðæt hé stele and sleá, Jn. Skt. 10, 8-10. Þeóf ðe on þýstre færeþ, on sweartre niht, Exon.
Linked entry: þeáf
þeóf
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Th. i. 72, 19. v. firen-, handfangen-, útfangene-þeóf. Add
handfangen-þeóf
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The word seems to have the same force as infangeneþeóf (q. v.), which is the usual form in lists similar to those in which it occurs Hámsócn and forsteall, griðbrice and handfangenðeóf, C. D. iv. 233, 9. Handfangeneðeóf, 17: 23: 30
mann-þeóf
A man-stealer
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A man-stealer Manigu wítu [wǽron] máran ðonne óðru; nú sint ealle gelíce bútan manþeófe, cxx sciłł, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 7. Cf. Gif mon forstolenne man befó æt óðrum, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 16. Gif þeówne man man forstǽle, L. Æðelst. v. 6; Th.
regn-þeóf
An arch-thief
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An arch-thief Regnþeóf ne lǽt [mé] on sceade sceððan, Exon. Th. 453, 14;Hy 4, 14. Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlaþ (cf. regintheoƀos farstelad (Mat. vi. 19). Hel. 1646), Cd. Th. 212, 12;Exod. 538
þeóf-slege
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Se ðe þeóf ofslihþ, L. In. 16; Th. i. 112, 6
infangene-þeóf
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Ic an toll and teám and infangeneðéf, 216, 5, and often, Add v. handfangen[e]-, útfangene-þeóf
Linked entry: útfangene-þeóf
þeóf-feng
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Seizing of thieves; the Latin rendering of the term in Charters is comprehensio (or captio) furis (-um). The word seems to denote the obligation of one who holds land to arrest and bring to justice those who committed theft on that land, and occurs generally
þeóf-mann
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A robber, bandit, brigand Án hirde wæs Ueriatus háten, and wæs micel þeófmon Viriathus homo pastoralis et latro, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 7
beó-þeóf
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Wolde gedón sum man reáflác on ðám ylcum beón, Gr. D. 229, 12. Add:cf
mús-þeóf
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Músþeófum furibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 38, 15
firen-þeóf
A robber
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A robber Firinðeáfum latronibus, Rtl. 119, 18
sǽ-þeóf
A sea-thief, a pirate
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A sea-thief, a pirate Heáh sǽþeóf archipiratta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 28
þeóf-sliht
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Se ðe þeófslihþ, hé mót áðe gecýðan ðæt hé hine fleóndne for þeóf slóge, L. In. 35; Th. i. 124, 4
wergild-þeóf
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Gif þeóf sié gefongen, swelte hé deáðe, oþþe his líf be his were man áliése, L. In. 12; Th. i. 110, 8] Be wergeldþeófes forefonge.
beó-þeóf
A thief or stealer of bees ⬩ apum fur
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A thief or stealer of bees; apum fur L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 6
gold-þeóf
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One who steals gold, L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 5
stód-þeóf
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One who steals from a stud, a horse-stealer, L. Alf. pol. 9 ; Th. i. 68, 5
þeóf-denn
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A thieves' cave Andlang weges tó ðam þeófdenne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 15, 28