reve
English
Noun
reve (plural reves)
- Obsolete form of reeve.
Galician
Verb
reve
- inflection of rever:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣeve/
Verb
reve
Mbyá Guaraní
Postposition
reve
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English rēfa, ġerēfa, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Doublet of greyve.
Alternative forms
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;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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 1 May 2018.
Etymology 2
Verb
reve
- alternative form of reven
Etymology 3
Noun
reve
- alternative form of reif
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Old French rueve, ultimately from Latin rogō (“I ask; I demand”).[1]
Noun
reve f (plural reves)
References
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rogāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, 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.
Old French
Etymology
Noun
reve oblique singular, f (oblique plural reves, nominative singular reve, nominative plural reves) (hapax legomenon)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rapum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 69
Old High German
Etymology
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Noun
reve