Grieve
Grieve (grēv) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon gerēfa. Compare Reeve an officer.]
A manager of a farm, or overseer of any work; a reeve; a manorial bailiff. [Scottish]
Their children were horsewhipped by the grieve.
Also: Greeve
Grieve (grēv) , transitive verb
[Old English greven, Old French grever, from Latin gravare to burden, oppress, from gravis heavy. See Grief.]
1.
To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.
The maidens grieved themselves at my concern.
2.
To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate. [Rare]
Grieve , intransitive verb
To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.
Do not you grieve at this.