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Old English Dictionary Entry

Reáfere

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1 reáfere

m. A reaver, robber, spoiler :-- 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. iViriathus 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. [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.] reafere
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
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Icelandic
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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