scirgerefa

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • sheriff, chief officer of a shire

Etymology

Compound from Old English sċīr (bright, shire, county, shining, splendid, gleaming, brilliant, resplendent, pure, clear) + Old English ġerēfa (reeve, official, steward).

Origin

Old English

ġerēfa

Gloss

reeve, official, steward

Concept
Semantic Field

Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms