portgerefa
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
portġerēfa m (nominative plural portġerēfan)
- a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England
Declension[edit]
Declension of portgerefa (weak)
Descendants[edit]
- English: portreeve
References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "portreeve, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006.