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port-geráfa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
port-geráfa, an ; m.
A port-reeve (v. port, II)
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  • Portgeréfa oððe burhwita

    municeps,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 41.
  • Ðes portgeréfa

    hic prefectus urbis,

      Ælfc. Gr. 14; Som. 16, 56.
  • Man cýððe ðam portgeréfan (

    the case is one of buying in the market at Ephesus

    ),
      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 643.
  • Portreeves of London,

      Canterbury, Bodmin, and Bath are mentioned in the charters, and from the Laws (v. under port, II) it is seen that one of the duties of such officials was to witness all transactions by bargain and
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Etymology
[Icel. port-greifi.]
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  • port-geráfa, n.