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==English==

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{obsolete spelling of|en|reef}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=August 2 1834|journal=Niles' Register|page=384
|passage=A large number of vessels continued to be wrecked, and a vast amount of property is lost on the Florida '''reafs'''.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1891|author=H. A. Moriarty|title=Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Westward of Longitude 80° east, including Madagascar|page=124
|passage=The largest ships may pass between the outer '''reafs''' and the Black rocks.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aefr|FERA|Fear|Fera|Rafe|fare|fear}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|reif}}

==Old English==

===Etymology===
{{root|ang|ine-pro|*Hrewp-}}
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*raub}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*raubaz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|rēaf}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|n|head=rēaf}}

# [[plunder]]; [[spoil]], [[booty]]
# [[raiment]], [[garment]], [[robe]], [[vestment]]
# [[armor]]

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-a-n|rēaf}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ang|rēafere||robber}}
* {{l|ang|rēafian||to rob}}
* {{l|ang|rēaflāc||robbery}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|ræf|raf|ref|reif}}
** {{desc|en|reif}}
** {{desc|sco|reif}}