"greeve" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: greeves [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English gryve, grayve, from Old Norse greifi (“a count, earl, steward”), akin to Swedish and Danish greve (“a count, earl”), Old English ġerēfa (“reeve”). More at reeve. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gryve}} Middle English gryve, {{der|en|non|greifi||a count, earl, steward}} Old Norse greifi (“a count, earl, steward”), {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{cog|da|greve||a count, earl}} Danish greve (“a count, earl”), {{cog|ang|ġerēfa||reeve}} Old English ġerēfa (“reeve”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} greeve (plural greeves)
  1. (UK dialectal) A reeve; steward. Tags: UK, dialectal Synonyms: greave, grieve Derived forms: greeveship
    Sense id: en-greeve-en-noun-Cw2SEvad Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: greeves [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English greve, grayve, see greave. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|greve}} Middle English greve Head templates: {{en-noun}} greeve (plural greeves)
  1. Alternative form of greave Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: greave
    Sense id: en-greeve-en-noun-6OhnN8Jf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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