Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shrieve \Shrieve\, n. [Contr. from OE. shereve. See {Sheriff}.]
   A sheriff. [Obs.] --Shak.

Shrieve \Shrieve\, v. t.
   To shrive; to question. [Obs.] ``She gan him soft to
   shrieve.'' --Spenser.