reif
/riːf/(also raif, rief, reef) Chiefly Scottish in later use. Now archaic and rare
noun
Robbery, depredation, spoliation.
- Recorded earliest in compounds..
Origin
Old English (in an earlier sense). Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian rāf, Old Dutch rouf (Middle Dutch rōf, roof, Dutch roof), Old Saxon -rōf, Old High German roub (Middle High German roub, German Raub), Old Icelandic -rauf from the Germanic base of reave. Compare (ultimately from Middle Low German rōf) Old Swedish rof (Swedish rov), Old Danish rof (Danish rov).
- working
- working arch
- working barrel
- working beam
- working bee
- working box
- working breast
- working capital
- working card
- working class
- working-class hero
- working-classness
- working committee
- working copy
- working cylinder
- working day
- working dinner
- working dog
- working door
- working drawing
- working drift
- working face
- working floor
- working force
- working gear