greven
Pronunciation: /ɡɹivən/
The English word “greven” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
Etymology
From the same root as greaves, graves (“residue left after rendering animal fat”) and gribenes (“chicken cracklings and onions”). Compare older dialectal northern (Low) German forms like greven and greeven.
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