| 释义 |
gerefa O.E. Antiq.|gɪˈriːfə, jɛˈreɪvə|
[a. OE. ᵹeréfa, ᵹerœ́fa: see reeve.]
An administrative officer under the Old English kings.
1833Southey Lives Admirals I. 66 Ethelwurd and Leofwin..were two of the king's high gerefas. 1863H. Cox Instit. ii. iii. 384 note, In each township among the Saxons, there was a Gerefa, Tun-Gerefa, or Reeve. 1872E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 117 The King's Graphio or Gerefa..exercised the royal prerogatives within..his shire. |