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
- Shirley English
- Deorbyscir Old English
- Eoforwicscir Old English
- Gleawceasterscir Old English
- Hamtunscir Old English
- Scrobbesbyrigscir Old English
- Wæringwicscir Old English
- portgerefa Old English
- sċīr Old English
- ġerēfa Old English
- Everwich schire Middle English
- schire Middle English
- schyre Middle English
- shire Middle English
- shyre Middle English
- skyr Middle English