heahgerefa

== Old English == === Etymology === From hēah (“high”) +‎ ġerēfa (“reeve”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːx.jeˌreː.fɑ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːx.jeˌreː.vɑ] === Noun === hēahġerēfa n a title apparently higher in rank than a ġerēfa (“reeve”) c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints ==== Usage notes ==== The title is also used to refer to high ranking foreign officials. ==== Declension ==== Weak: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heáh-geréfa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.