reif

[ reef ]

nounScot. Obsolete.
  1. plunder; booty; loot.

  2. robbery; piracy.

  1. the act of seizing booty.

Origin of reif

1
before 950; Middle English (north) ref,Old English rēaf; akin to reave1, bereave

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How to use reif in a sentence

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

    Beowulf | R. W. Chambers
  • Behind them were four Texcocans, including reif and his teen-age son Taller.

    Adaptation | Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • reif's ten-year-old son came up next to him and peered down at the map.

    Adaptation | Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • reif had been thrown backward two paces by the blast of the heavy-calibered gun.

    Adaptation | Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • reif bent down over his father's body for a moment, and then looked up, his lips white, at Plekhanov.

    Adaptation | Dallas McCord Reynolds