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rǽfan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
rǽfan, (?); p. te
To involve, wrap
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  • Hí weorþaþ gerǽfte (gerǽpte (?) cf. gereæpeð (-rǽped ?) Met. 25, 48) mid ðære unrótnesse,

      Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 21.
Etymology
[Icel. reifa to swaddle.]
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v. ráfian.
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