Ge-reáfian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-reáfian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-reáfian
- p. ode; pp. od To rob, steal, spoil :-- Gereófage diripere, Mk. Skt. Lind. 3, 27. Secgaþ ðæt his ðegnas gereáfodan his líc on us and forstǽlan say that his disciples robbed his body from us and stole it away, Blickl. Homl. 177, 29. Gereáfydon diripiebant, Ps. Spl. C. 43, 12. Ðone deórwyrþan gym ðone ðe deófol wolde gereáfian the precious jewel that the devil would steal, Shrn. 155, 21. ge-reafian