shirreve
Middle English
/ˈʃireːv(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A sheriff; an individual responsible for a number of different tasks, including law enforcement and judicial responsibilities.
- Any administrative deputy or official.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sċīrġerēfa affix from Middle English shire (shire) + Middle English reve.
Origin
Middle English
reve
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- reeve English
- sheriff English
- sheriffdom English
- sheriffhood English
- sheriffship English
- sheriffwick English
- shire English
- shire-reeve English
- undersheriff English
- unsheriff English
- Sheriff German
- seriff Hungarian
- sheriff Spanish, Castilian
- szeryf Polish
- rēfa Old English
- scir Old English
- scīrġerēfa Old English
- sċīr Old English
- sċīrġerēfa Old English
- Everwich schire Middle English
- Yorkshire Middle English
- reve Middle English
- reves Middle English
- shire Middle English
- shirevewyk Middle English
- shirrevehod Middle English
- wike Middle English
- sirriam Irish
- sirriam Middle Irish