reif

[ reef ]

noun

, Scot. Obsolete.

1. plunder; booty; loot.
2. robbery; piracy.
3. the act of seizing booty.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reif¹

before 950; Middle English (north) ref, Old English rēaf; akin to reave ¹, bereave

Example Sentences

Glmr s, at hrga nǫkkur l setinu, ok rz n innar eptir sklanum ok reif feldinn stundarfast.

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Behind them were four Texcocans, including Reif and his teen-age son Taller.

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Reif's ten-year-old son came up next to him and peered down at the map.

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Reif had been thrown backward two paces by the blast of the heavy-calibered gun.

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Reif bent down over his father's body for a moment, and then looked up, his lips white, at Plekhanov.

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