Rífe

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - rífe

According to the Old English Dictionary:

rífe
adj. Rife, abundant :-- Ðere .vii. niht gyf wind byoþ, fír byþ swíðe rýfe ðý geáre, Lchdm. iii. 164, 21. [Baluwe þer wes riue, Laym. 631 : 4544 : 20079 : 20672. Þenne scullen blissen wurðen riue, 32107. Þa hæðene weoren swa riue & auere heo comen, 14542. Alle worldes wele ham is inoh riue, H. M. 29, 22. Lauerd, mi hele so rife, Ps. 26, 1 note. Of him cam kinde mikil and rif, Gen. and Ex. 1252. Icel. rífr munificent, abundant; ríf-ligr large, munificent.] rife
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