A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Reft, Reift, n. Also: (reifeit). [Altered var. of Ref(e n.1, after, OED conjectures, the p.p. of Ref(e v. or on analogy of theft. But cf. Reftppl. adj.] = Ref(e n.1 1, 2 and 4. —1551 Hamilton Cat. 10.
Resettaris of theft and reft —1456 Hay I 132/20.
Suppos that gude war nouther tane be violence, fors, na reft 1567 Anderson Collect. Mary II 253.
I sall forbid and repres, in all estaittis and degreis, reifeit, oppressioun, and all kynd of wrang 1701 Commission of Justiciary.
Tryed for theft or stouth, reift or receipt thereof —1661 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I 24.
That … non … committ any masterfull reift, theft, resett of theft [etc.]
