Noun: greeve
| Singular | greeve |
| Plural | greeves |
Sample Sentences
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For the defence of the legs were worn a sort of iron boots, called Greeves. [1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22:]
Nouns inflected like greeve
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English gryve, grayve, from Old Norse greifi (“a count, earl, steward”), akin to Swedish and Danish greve (“a count, earl”), Old English ġerēfa (“reeve”). More at reeve. See: Middle English Nouns '
gryve', Old Norse Nouns '
greifi', Danish Nouns '
greve', Old English Nouns '
ġerēfa'.