Griffe

Griffe
Recorded as Griff, Griffe, 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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  • griffe — [ grif ] n. f. • v. 1500; grif n. m. v. 1220; de griffer I ♦ 1 ♦ Formation cornée pointue et crochue, qui termine les doigts de certains animaux (mammifères, oiseaux, reptiles). Griffes acérées. Griffe fixe, rétractile. Les griffes du chat.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • griffé — griffe [ grif ] n. f. • v. 1500; grif n. m. v. 1220; de griffer I ♦ 1 ♦ Formation cornée pointue et crochue, qui termine les doigts de certains animaux (mammifères, oiseaux, reptiles). Griffes acérées. Griffe fixe, rétractile. Les griffes du chat …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • griffe — 1. (gri f ) s. f. 1°   Ongle crochu de certains quadrupèdes ou d un oiseau de proie. Les pattes de cet animal sont armées de griffes. •   Ou que quelque lion descende Au milieu de toute la bande Faire trembler les plus ardents, En leur montrant… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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  • Griffe — an Maschinen erhalten handliche Form und Größe. An Handkurbeln (s.d.) sind 30–50 mm starke Griffe gebräuchlich bei 150 mm Länge für eine Hand, 300 mm Länge für einmännische, 500 mm für zweimännische Kurbeln; Holzgriffe sollen mit… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • griffe — GRIFFE. s. f. Ongle crochu & pointu de certains animaux, tels que le tigre, le lion, le chat, &c. ou d un oiseau de proye, comme l espervier, le faucon, &c. Tomber entre les griffes d un lion. cet oiseau est mort entre les griffes de l espervier …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Griffe — Griffe, n. [F.] 1. The offspring of a mulatto woman and a negro; also, a mulatto. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] 2. A person of mixed negro and American Indian blood. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • griffé — griffé, ée (gri fé, fée) part. passé de griffer. Enfant griffé par le chat …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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  • Griffe — zur Handhabung der Waffen wurden schon von den Griechen und Römern geübt. Moritz von Oranien gab zuerst Ende des 16. Jahrh. hierfür eine Vorschrift, die bereits die einzelnen G. in Tempos teilte. Die G. erreichten ihre höchste Vervollkommnung im… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • griffe — /grif/ s.f., fr. [dal longob. grif, come l ital. griffa ], in ital. invar. 1. (abbigl.) [nel linguaggio della moda, nome o simbolo dello stilista applicato su un capo di abbigliamento] ▶◀ etichetta, firma, logo, marchio. 2. (estens.) [nella moda …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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