heahgerefa
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hēah (“high”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hēahġerēfa n
- a title apparently higher in rank than a ġerēfa (“reeve”)
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
- [Commodus] hine ġesette tō hēahġerefan ofer Alexandrian
- [Commodus] appointed him hēahġerefa over Alexandria
- c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Usage notes
[edit]The title is also used to refer to high ranking foreign officials.
Declension
[edit]Declension of heahgerefa (weak)
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heáh-geréfa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.