reive


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reive /riːv/
verb (usu. as noun reiving) chiefly Scottish another term for reave.
– derivatives
reiver noun.
– origin ME: var. of reave; the usual spelling when referring to the former practice of cattle-raiding on the Scottish Borders.
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