portgerefa

== Old English == === Etymology === From port (“a walled market town”) +‎ ġerēfa (“reeve”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈport.jeˌreː.fɑ/, [ˈporˠt.jeˌreː.vɑ] === Noun === portġerēfa m (nominative plural portġerēfan) a portreeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: portireve, portereve English: portreeve === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "portreeve, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006.