Sheriff

LeEnfield

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The word Sheriff came about from Henry the Second. One of his nobles spoke to King reminding him that he was responsible for law and order in England and he should sort out the problem as it was getting out of control. Well he appointed a Riff which was ancient French word for the Law, and he appointed one to each English shire to keep his laws in his name. Putting the words together they came to be known as Sheriffs.
 
It's actually from Old English -- from scIr shire + gerEfa reeve. A reeve was an administrative official to an Anglo-Saxon king. It has nothing to do with Ancient French or its word for "law", which would have been somewhere between Latin lex legis and the Modern French loi.

SigPig
 
It's actually from Old English -- from scIr shire + gerEfa reeve. A reeve was an administrative official to an Anglo-Saxon king. It has nothing to do with Ancient French or its word for "law", which would have been somewhere between Latin lex legis and the Modern French loi.

SigPig

I like both stories but English versions are more trustworthy than French ones
 
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