reve
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English rēfa, from ġerēfa, potentially from Proto-Germanic *grēfijô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈreːv(ə)/
Noun
- A reeve or bailiff (a local official); an administrator.
- 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to the Reves Tale, 1915, The College Chaucer, page 94,
- Ne at this tale I saugh no man hym greve, / But it were oonly Osewold the Reve;
- 14thC, Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to the Reves Tale, 1915, The College Chaucer, page 94,
- An administrator of an estate or manor; a manager or steward.
- (Christianity) A subordinate or deputy of God.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: reeve
References
- “rẹ̄ve (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-01.
Etymology 2
From Old English rēafian.
Etymology 3
From Old English rēaf.
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Old French rueve, ultimately from Latin rogō (“I ask; I demand”)[1].
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “rogāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 445
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (reve)
- reve on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the noun rev
Verb
reve (imperative rev, present tense rever, passive reves, simple past reva or revet or revde, past participle reva or revet or revd, present participle revende)
References
- “reve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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