reafung

Old English

Etymology

From rēafian (“to plunder”) +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈræ͜ɑː.funɡ/, [ˈræ͜ɑː.vuŋɡ]

Noun

rēafung f

1. plundering

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	rēafung	rēafunga, rēafunge
accusative	rēafunge	rēafunga, rēafunge
genitive	rēafunge	rēafunga
dative	rēafunge	rēafungum

Descendants

• Middle English: revynge, reving, revyng, rewyng, rewynge, ræfung, ræving, rævinge, reaving, reavinge, revunge (Early Middle English)
  • English: reaving
  • Scots: reiving

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “reáfung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.