Weg-reáf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weg-reáf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 weg-reáf

n. Booty taken on the high road, robbery done on a road :-- Gif wegreáf sí gedón, .vi. scillingum gebéte. Gif man ðone man ofslæhð, .xx. scillingum gebéte, L. Ethb. 19, 20; Th. i. 8, 1-2. Ðeówæs wegreáf sé . iii. scillingas, 89; Th. i. 24, 16. Cf. wæl-reáf. weg-reaf

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚷ-ᚱᛖᚪᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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