ProphetesAI is thinking...
reaving
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
bereaving
▪ I. beˈreaving, vbl. n. Also 6 byryvinge. [f. bereave + -ing1.] The action of the vb. bereave in various senses. Now only gerundial.1529 More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. Wks. 1232/2 The byryuinge from vs of our wretched worldlye goodes. c 1630 Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. III, Wks. (1711) 45 After...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Bride kidnapping
The Ironborn are also known to practice this custom, taking secondary wives while reaving the mainland, which they refer to as "salt wives".
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
reiving
▪ I. reaving, reiving, vbl. n. (ˈriːvɪŋ) [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of reave v.1 In recent use chiefly in Sc. form reiving.c 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1116 Wurdon maneᵹa unrada & ræfunga. c 1205 Lay. 2647 Þes wes þe aereste king, þe ferde vt to ræuing [v.r. reuing], þat ouer sæ wende. a...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
over-reave
over-reave, v. (əʊvəˈriːv) [Etym. uncertain; perhaps f. over- 16 + a confusion of reeve v.1 and weave v.1] trans. A term used of the metre of his poetry by G. M. Hopkins, to denote scansion continued for a complete stanza, as distinct from that confined to individual lines (see quots.). So over-ˈrea...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
reiffing
▪ I. reif Chiefly Sc. (riːf) Forms: 1 réaf, réof, 3 ræf, reue, 5 ref, 5–6 reiff, 6 rieff, reife, reyf, raif, reafe, 7 reaf, 5– reif. [Common W.Germ.: OE. réaf = OFris. râf, OS. -rôf (Du. roof), MLG. rôf (hence Sw. rof, Da. rov), OHG. roub, roup (G. raub):—OTeut. *rauƀo{supm}: see reave v. The precis...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
reave
▪ I. reave, n. Archæol. (riːv, reɪv) [Origin unknown: perh. f. OE. rǣw rew n.1] A long low bank or wall found on Dartmoor.1848 J. H. Mason in S. Rowe Perambulation of Dartmoor 130 In tracing the northernmost reave from Hamildon..we lost it in a tin-work. 1976 Current Archaeol. V. 250/2 Four major wa...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
life
▪ I. life, n. (laɪf) Forms: 1 l{iacu}f, 3–5 lif, lijf, (4 liif, leve, liuf), 4–5 live, 4–6 lyf(f, lyif(f, liff, lyve, 4–7 lyfe, 5 lyyf, 5–6 lief, liffe, lyffe, 4– life. gen. sing. 1 l{iacu}fes, 2–7 lives, 3 lifves, 4–5 lyfes, lyvis, -ys, 4–6 -es, 5 -ez, lyfes, 6 liffis. dat. sing. 1 l{iacu}fe, 2–5 l...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai