greve

• grev

From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō.

• IPA^(key): /ɡreːvə/, ,

greve c (singular definite greven, plural indefinite grever)

1. count (a nobleman, of the highest rank in Denmark, since 1849 without privileges; equivalent to a British earl)

• When used with a name, the short variant grev is preferred, e.g. grev Ingolf.

• grevelig (“comital”)
• grevinde (“countess”)
• grevskab (“county”)

• greve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Greve (rang) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• “greve” in Den Danske Ordbog

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛ.ve/
• Rhymes: -ɛve
• Hyphenation: grè‧ve

greve (plural grevi)

1. heavy
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 7–8; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Io sono al terzo cerchio, de la piova
     etterna, maladetta, fredda e greve

     I'm at the Third Circle, of the eternal, cursed, cold, and heavy rain

   • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “XXXII — Quanto piú m’avicino al giorno extremo”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 5–8; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

     […] Non molto andremo
     d’amor parlando omai, ché ’l duro et greve
     terreno incarco come frescha neve
     si va struggendo […]

     We're not going to be talking about love for long now, for the hard and heavy earthly load melts away like fresh snow

   • 1343, Giovanni Boccaccio, Amorosa visione [Loving Vision]‎, published 1833, page 150:

     un dì da greve doglia sospinto, ardito divenni oltre al dovere

     One day, moved by a heavy grief, I became more daring than one should be

2. coarse, vulgar

• grevemente
• grevità

• greve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• grefe

From Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛːv(ə)/

greve (plural greves)

1. thicket, copse, bush; shrubbery, undergrowth
2. grove, wood

• Yola: greve

• “grēve, n.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grever, definite plural grevene)

1. a count or earl (nobleman)

In titles greve takes the form grev.

• grevinne
• grevskap

• “greve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

greve

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From Middle Low German grēve and Old Norse greifi.

greve m (definite singular greven, indefinite plural grevar, definite plural grevane)

1. a count or earl (nobleman)

In titles greve takes the form grev.

• grevinne
• grevskap

• “greve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French grève.

• Hyphenation: gre‧ve

greve f (plural greves)

1. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: (Brazil, dated) parede

• grevista

• IPA^(key):

greve f pl

1. inflection of grevă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

Borrowed from English gravy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾebe/
• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: gre‧ve

greve m (uncountable)

1. (New Mexico) gravy

   Synonym: gravy

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎, Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

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greve

Wikipedia ^sv

• grefve (obsolete)

From Middle Low German grēve, from Old Saxon grāvio, from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. Cognate to Danish greve and English reeve.

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greve c (feminine grevinna)

1. a count

   greve Dracula

   count Dracula

   grevar och baroner

   counts and barons

   Greven såg ut över sina ägor och tänkte "Ah, underbart!"

   The count looked out over his lands and thought, "Ah, wonderful!"

2. an earl

• i grevens tid (“not a minute too soon”)
• grevinna (“countess”)

• greve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• greve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• greve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiːv/

From Middle English greve, from Old English grǣfa, grǣfe.

greve

1. grove, small wood

greve

1. Alternative form of grue

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 43