Grief

Grief: Recorded as Griff, Griffe, Grief, Greif, Greiffe, Greive, Gryffe and others, this is an Olde English and Welsh surname. In origin it is pre 7th century name and is a short form of the Welsh personal name "Grippiud", the modern Griffith. The normal pronunciation of the name in South Wales became "Griffidd", and those medieval scribes who were not Welsh generally wrote Griff or Griffith as being the closest phonetic spelling within their writing system. The form as Griffith and the patronymic Griffiths came to be used almost universally, as forename and surname, throughout Wales. The first element of the name Griff, is of uncertain origin, but is thought to mean "strong grip", and when it occurs the second element "iudd" means chief or lord. Early examples of the surname recording taken from surviving rolls and registers of the post medieval period include: Marcella Griff who married Jhon Morreys at St Brides church, Fleet Street, in the city of London on February 10th 1587, Jone Gryffyth who is listed in the Suffolk Subsidy Rolls of 1524, and Mary Grief, who married Thomas Bendham at St Matthews, Bethnal Green, on March 18th 1771. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of David Gryttyth. This was dated 1295, in the records of the lordship of Oswestry, during the reign of King Edward 1st of England, 1272 - 1307. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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grief — grief … Dictionnaire des rimes
grief — [ grijɛf ] n. m. • 1269; de grever 1 ♦ Vx Dommage que l on subit. Mod. Dr. Griefs d appel : ce en quoi le demandeur se trouve lésé par un jugement dont il appelle. 2 ♦ (Plur. ou loc.) Sujet, motif de plainte (généralement contre une personne). ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Grief — (gr[=e]f), n. [OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis heavy; akin to Gr. bary s, Skr. guru, Goth. ka[ u]rus. Cf. {Barometer}, {Grave}, a., {Grieve}, {Gooroo.}] 1. Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grief — grief, ève 1. (gri èf, è v . Prononcez grié, dit au XVIe siècle PALSGRAVE, p. 62) adj. 1° Qui pèse sur la personne comme un poids qui l accable. • Il défendit sous de grièves peines d appeler Catherine reine d Angleterre, MAUCROIX Schisme, l … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
grief — [gri:f] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: gref, from Latin gravis; GRAVE1] 1.) [U] extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died grief over/at ▪ The grief she felt over Helen s death was almost unbearable. with grief ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Grief — Жанры Сладж, Дум метал Годы 1991 2001, 2005 2006, 2008 2009 … Википедия
grief — [ grif ] noun uncount ** a strong feeling of sadness, usually because someone has died: An extraordinary outpouring of grief followed the death of the princess. grief at/over: the family s grief at the loss of their child come to grief 1. ) to be … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grief — grief·ful; grief·less; grief; grief·ful·ly; grief·less·ness; … English syllables
grief — ► NOUN 1) intense sorrow, especially caused by someone s death. 2) informal trouble or annoyance. ● come to grief Cf. ↑come to grief ● good grief! Cf. ↑good grief! … English terms dictionary
grief — [grēf] n. [ME gref < OFr, sorrow, grief < grever: see GRIEVE] 1. intense emotional suffering caused by loss, disaster, misfortune, etc.; acute sorrow; deep sadness 2. a cause or the subject of such suffering 3. Informal a) irritation or… … English World dictionary
grief — early 13c., hardship, suffering, pain, bodily affliction, from O.Fr. grief wrong, grievance, injustice, misfortune, calamity (13c.), from grever afflict, burden, oppress, from L. gravare to cause grief, make heavy, from gravis weighty (see GRAVE… … Etymology dictionary

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