Old English · noun
heahgerefa
Normalised hēahġerēfa
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈxæ͜ɑːx.jeˌreː.fɑ/[ˈhæ͜ɑːx.jeˌreː.vɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈxæ͜ɑːx · je · ˌreː · fɑ (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- faġerēfaapparentlyerhigherreeve
Meaning
-
a title apparently higher in rank than a ġerēfa (“reeve”)
[Commodus] hine ġesette tō hēahġerefan ofer Alexandrian [Commodus] appointed him hēahġerefa over Alexandria
c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hēahġerēfa | hēahġerēfan |
| Accusative | hēahġerēfan | hēahġerēfan |
| Genitive | hēahġerēfan | hēahġerēfena |
| Dative | hēahġerēfan | hēahġerēfum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
From hēah (“high”) + ġerēfa (“reeve”)
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