heahgerefa

From hēah (“high”) +‎ ġerēfa (“reeve”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːx.jeˌreː.fɑ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːx.jeˌreː.vɑ]

hēahġerēfa n

1. a title apparently higher in rank than a ġerēfa (“reeve”)
   • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

     [Commodus] hine ġesette tō hēahġerefan ofer Alexandrian

     [Commodus] appointed him hēahġerefa over Alexandria

The title is also used to refer to high ranking foreign officials.

Weak:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heáh-geréfa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.