GE-RÉFA
A prefect, steward, fiscal officer of the shire or county, judge, reeve or sheriff, count ⬩ præpŏsĭtus, villĭcus, jūdex, præfectus, cŏmes
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Se geréfa hét Iulianan the count commanded Juliana, 73 b; Th. 274, 9; Jul. 530. Geréfa mín my steward, Cd. 100; Th. 131, 25; Gen. 2181. Ealdorman oððe geréfa cŏmes, Wrt. Voc. 72, 61. Geréfa consul, Ælfc. Gl. 6; Som. 56, 49; Wrt. Voc. 18, 4.
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ge-réfa
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Geroefan proceres, 118, 32: censores, 103, 57- Gerefan, 14, 17 : exactores, 32, 45: funeti, 39, 43. Geréfena comitum, 22, 2. rendering Latin titles of non-English officials. v. geréf-mann Jósep wæs geréfa (decurio), Lk. 23, 50.
ge-réfa
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swán-geréfa
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An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman Ðá (at a gemót in 825) wæs tiolo micel spréc ymb
weard-geréfa
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The captain of the guard
wægn-geréfa
A wain-reeve ⬩ one who has charge of carriages
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A wain-reeve, one who has charge of carriages Wǽngeréfa carpentarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 44: ii. 16, 66
gafol-geréfa
a tax-gatherer
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a tax-gatherer. Take here Similar entries gæfel-geroefa in Dict., and add Mathéus se gæfelgeroefe (publicanus), Mt. R. 10, 3
heáh-geréfa
A high reeve, reeve of high rank
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A high reeve, reeve of high rank. Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 156, observes of this word, 'It is a name of very indefinite signification, though not of very rare occurrence. It is obvious that it really denotes only a reeve of high rank, I believe
mót-geréfa
The geréfa who presides at a court or mót
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The geréfa who presides at a court or mót Swá ðæt nán scýrgeréfe oððe mótgeréfe ðár habban ǽne sócne oððe gemót búton ðæs abbudes ágen hǽse ( nullus vicecomes vel praepositus ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 200, 9. v.
híred-geréfa
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An officer of a king's court Geréfa consul, undergeréfa proconsul, híredgeréfa exconsul, ánwalda monarces, burhgeréfa praetor, Wülck. Gl. 110, 4-9
feoh-geréfa
A steward ⬩ bailiff
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A steward, bailiff Fehgroefa (fehugeroefa, L.) dispensator, Lk. R. 12, 42
burg-geréfa
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Rómeburge geréfa, 28) hyne, Shrn. 96, 30. Se burhgeréfa (cf. ðǽre burge geréfa, 12), 120, 14. Ðæs burhgeréfan (cf. Rómeburge geréfa, 6) sunu ( praefecti filius, Ald. 60, 5), 56, 10: Hml. S. 23, 770. Ðá cwæþ Neron tó his burhgeréfan, Bl. H. 189, 28.
under-geréfa
An under-officer
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An under-officer Geréfa consul, undergeréfa proconsul, Wrt. Voc, i. 18, 5. Se undergeréfa the pro-prefect, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 332: 7, 216
burh-geréfa
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A BOROUGH-REEVE, city-reeve, the governor and chief magistrate of a city or town; urbis prætor, præfectus, præpositus, quæstor, curialis, Wrt. Voc. 18, 7: 18, 42
folc-geréfa
A folk-reeve ⬩ a people's governor ⬩ pŏpŭli præpŏsĭtus
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A folk-reeve, a people's governor; pŏpŭli præpŏsĭtus Folcgeréfa actionātor, Ælfc. Gl. 5; Som. 56, 25; Wrt. Voc. 17, 30. v. Du Cange, sub voce Actionator
scír-geréfa
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A shire-reeve, sheriff', 'the judicial president of a shire.' v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 113 ; Kemble's Saxons in England, bk. ii. c. v. The word glosses preses in Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 11. of a secular official, v. scír, Ælfnóþ scírgeréfa, Chr. 1056; Erl
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tún-geréfa
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a reeve, steward, bailiff. v. tún, <b>II </b>Túngeréfa villicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 50: villicus vel actor vel procurator vel rector, 18, 48. Ðá eodon hí on sumes túngeréfan gestærn and hine bǽdon ðæt hé hí onsende tó ðam ealdormen ðe ofer
weorc-geréfa
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An overseer of work Ða weorcgeréfan praefecti operum, Ex. 5, 10, 13. Sidrac, Misac, and Abdenago, ðe Nabochodonosor gesette him tó weorcgeréfan, Homl. Th. ii. 68, 5
wíc-geréfa
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The reeve of a wíc. v. wíc, III. From the Latin words which are translated by wícgeréfa, it seems that the official so denominated was concerned in collecting taxes, and from a passage in the laws that it was one of his duties to act as witness at sales
folc-geréfa
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Folcgeroebum actionaris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 98, 38. Folcgeréfum aclionariis (printed ac dignariis), 4, 22. Add: