greeve

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A reeve; steward. UK,dialectal
  2. Alternative form of greave. alt-of,alternative
    — For the defence of the legs were worn a sort of iron boots, called Greeves.

词形变化

greeves plural greave alternative grieve alternative greeves plural

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
From Middle English greve, grayve, see greave.
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