greave
English
/ɡɹiːv/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A bush; a tree; a grove.
- (obsolete) A bough; a branch.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English greve inherited from Old English grǣfe.
Origin
Old English
grǣfe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grains English
- grein Norwegian Bokmål
- gren Norwegian Bokmål
- *grain- Proto-Germanic
- *grainō Proto-Germanic
- gren Swedish
- grein Norwegian Nynorsk
- grāf Old English
- grǣfe Old English
- grayn Middle English
- grayne Middle English
- greve Middle English
- grove Middle English
- grein Old Norse
- gróf Old Norse
- gren Danish
- grein Westrobothnian