(intransitive) Scottish and Northern England dialect
to go on a plundering raid
Derived forms
reiver (ˈreiver)
noun
Word origin
variant of reave1
reive in American English
(riv)
verb transitive
reave1
Derived forms
reiver (ˈreiver)
noun
reive in American English
(riv)
transitive verb or intransitive verbWord forms: reived, reiving
chiefly Scot
to rob; plunder
Derived forms
reiver
noun
Word origin
[1860–65; var. of reave1]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: monism, mutualism, prep, raider, trade name