rauðarán (ON) noun

‘Red robbery’. The term is known only from Grg Rsþ 228 and is described as an extension of hand-seizure (ON handrán), where an item stolen out of someone’s hands is then taken away. The penalty for rauðarán was full outlawry (ON skóggangr). The first element has been interpreted as an intensifier meaning ‘outright, brazen, notorious’. This seems more likely than the alternative suggestion of ‘petty’ offered by Hoff. Saxo’s colorful etymology associated the term with a pirate called Røtho.

arrant seizure OIce Grg Rsþ 228 Refs:

CV s.v. rauðarán; Fritzner s.v. rauðarán; GrgTr II:179; Hoff 2011, 223