portgerefa
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
portġerēfa m (nominative plural portġerēfan)
- a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England
Declension edit
Declension of portgerefa (weak)
Descendants edit
- English: portreeve
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "portreeve, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006.