- hréof
- adj rough, scabby, leprous; noun leper
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Reaveley — This unusual and interesting name is of early Medieval English origin, and derives from the place called Reaveley in Northumberland, in the parish of Ingram. The place is recorded in the Fees Court Rolls of Northumberland of 1242 as Revel , and… … Surnames reference
Reeveley — This unusual and interesting name is of early Medieval English origin, and derives from the place called Reaveley in Northumberland, in the parish of Ingram. The place is recorded in the Fees Court Rolls of Northumberland of 1242 as Revel , and… … Surnames reference
hréofla — m ( n/ n) roughness of the skin, leprosy; leper [hréof] … Old to modern English dictionary
hrífðu — f ( e/ a) scurfiness [hréof] … Old to modern English dictionary
hrýfing — f ( e/ a) scab [hréof] … Old to modern English dictionary
grob — Adj std. (11. Jh.), mhd. g(e)rop, ahd. g(e)rop, grob, mndd. grof, mndl. grof Stammwort. Zu einer Sippe mit Wörtern für Kruste , Schorf u.ä. , vgl. mit Hochstufe und ohne grammatischen Wechsel anord. hrjúfr rauh, schorfig , ae. hrēof, ahd. riob… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Rufe — Sf Wundschorf per. Wortschatz reg. (8. Jh., Form 15. Jh.), mhd. ruf(e), ahd. ruf, mndd. rōf, ruf Stammwort. Zu anord. hrjúfr, ae. hrēof, ahd. riob schorfig . Außergermanisch vergleichen sich kymr. crawen, crafen, crofen Kruste und lit. nukrùpęs… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
gruff — 1530s, coarse, coarse grained, from M.Du. or M.L.G. grof coarse (in quality), thick, large, of uncertain origin, regarded by some as related to O.E. hreof, O.N. hrjufr rough, scabby, with Germanic completive prefix ga . Sense of rough, surly… … Etymology dictionary
gruff — /grʌf / (say gruf) adjective 1. low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice. 2. rough; surly: a gruff manner. {earlier grof, from Dutch, related to Old English hrēof rough} –gruffly, adverb –gruffness, noun …
hreuba- — *hreuba , *hreubaz, *reuba , *reubaz, *hreufa , *hreufaz germ., Adjektiv: nhd. rauh, schorfig, struppig; ne. rough; Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ae., ahd.; Etymologie: s. ing. *kreup , Substantiv … Germanisches Wörterbuch
