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wæl-reáf

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wæl-reáf, es; n.
what is taken from the slain, spoil taken in war, spoil, prey
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  • Waelreáf (wael-, uuel-reáb)

    manubium,

      Txts. 77, 1277.

  • Wælreáf, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 44:

    manubia

    (the passage is: Vesperi dirimens manubias (v.
      Gen. 49, 27), Ald. 26), 78, 48.

  • Hé under segne sinc ealgode, wælreáf werede,

      Beo. Th. 2414; B. 1205.
  • Ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan, lǽt mé on láste líc eorðan dǽl wælreáf wunigean weormum tó hróðre. Apstls. Kmbl. 189; Ap. 95.

  • Hé (

    the phoenix) gebringeþ ǽdes láfe (what is left after it is burnt) eft ætsomne and ðæt wælreáf (exuvias suas )

    wyrtum biteldeþ,
      Exon. Th. 216, 24; Ph. 273.
as a technical term,
robbing the slain
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  • Walreáf is níðinges dǽde,

      L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 3.

  • Cf. Qui aliquem quocunque modo perimit, videat ne weilref faciat. Weilref dicimus, si quis mortuum refabit armis aut vestibus, aut prorsus aliquibus, aut tumulatum aut tumulandum,

      L.H.I. 83, 2; Th. i. 591, 12, and see two following sections. [O.H. Ger. wala-raupa (de vestitu mortuorum, quod walaraupa dicimus): Icel. val-rauf spoils; val-rof the plundering the slain on the battle-field.
    ] Cf. here-reáf.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wæl-reáf.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34347.

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