greve

• grev

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡreːvə/, [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʋə], [ˈɡ̊ʁæːʊ]

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

From Vulgar Latin *grevis, from Latin gravis (later influenced by its antonym levis), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us. Doublet of grave.

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

greve (plural grevi)

1. heavy
   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto VI”, in Inferno, lines 7–8:

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

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

   • 14^th century, Petrarch, “Sonetto XXXII — Quanto piú m’avicino al giorno extremo”, in Il Canzoniere, lines 5–8:

     […] 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, 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

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.

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.

From French grève.

greve f (plural greves)

1. strike (workers)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡreve]

greve f pl

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

• 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. count (the male ruler of a county)

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

From Middle English grave, from Old English grāf.

greve

1. grove, small wood.

greve

1. Alternative form of grue

• Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 43