Etymograph

English

greeve

Greeve comes from Old Norse greifi ‘a count, earl, steward’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350greifi‘a count, earl, steward’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gryve
  3. Englishtodaygreeve

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350greifi‘a count, earl, steward’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gryve
  3. Englishtodaygreeve

Linked words

through Old Norse greifi ‘a count, earl, steward’

grave, grieve

Another origin of greeve

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*graibazreconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*graibreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150grāfaas grǣfa‘grove, copse’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500greve‘thicket, copse, bush’
  5. Englishtodaygreeve

Today it means

noun A reeve; steward.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Norse greifi / greeve

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