theif

== English == === Noun === theif (plural theives or theifs) Obsolete spelling of thief. Misspelling of thief. === Anagrams === feith, thief == Middle Scots == === Alternative forms === theef, theeff, theiff, theiffe thef (early); thief (Anglicised) teif, tyif (Galloway) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English thef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θiːf/ === Noun === theif (plural theivis or theifis) A criminal or villain; a malicious or lawbreaking person: A thief; one who steals, especially stealthily. A reaver or plunderer; one who loots or pillages. (rare) A demon or devil; an evil spirit. ==== Descendants ==== Scots: thief === References === “thef(e, theif(e, thief, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.