shire-reeve
English
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A local official in Mediaeval England appointed by the King to oversee a shire.
Etymology
Compound from English shire + English reeve derived from Old English scīrġerēfa (sheriff, shire-reeve).
Origin
Old English
scīrġerēfa
Gloss
sheriff, shire-reeve
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bedfordshire English
- Blankshire English
- Loamshire English
- Londonshire English
- Monmouthshire English
- Somersetshire English
- Worcestershire English
- Yorkshire English
- hogreeve English
- landreeve English
- reeve English
- sheriff English
- shire English
- shiremote English
- unreeve English
- scīrġerēfa Old English
- reve Middle English
- shire Middle English
- shirreve Middle English
- skíri Icelandic
- sir Welsh
- siorrachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic