portgerefa
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom port (“a walled market town”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editportġerēfa 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
editDeclension of portġerēfa (weak)
Descendants
edit- English: portreeve
References
edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "portreeve, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006.