wælreaf

Old English

Alternative forms

• walrēaf

Etymology

From wæl (“slaughter, slain”) +‎ rēaf (“plunder, spoils”). Cognate with Old Norse valrauf (“spoils”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwælˌræ͜ɑːf/

Noun

wælrēaf n

1. spoils of war, spoils taken from the slain

References

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