▪ I. † reaf Obs.
Also 3 ræf, ræu-.
[OE. réaf, usually regarded as a special sense of réaf spoil, booty (see reave v.), but the precise relationship is not quite certain.]
A garment, mantle.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxii. 12 Ne hæfdes ðu wede vel reaf brydlic. c 1121 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1070 Mæsse hakeles & cantelcapas & reafes. c 1205 Lay. 23760 Warp he an his rugge a ræf swiðe deore. Ibid. 26636 Romanisce leoden mid ræue bihonged. |
▪ II. reaf(e
variants of reif, plunder(ing).