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- the etymology of the word can be traced back to the Old English word hlāford which originated from hlāfweard meaning "loaf-ward" or "bread-keeper",...
- Lhorde, þet gernier/to þe gerniere. The spelling Lhord(e) (Old English hlaford(e)) also suggests retention of the Old English /hl/ consonant cluster....
- to submit to the rule of strong lords. The Old English word for lord is hlaford ('loaf-guardian' or 'bread-giver'). The early law codes of Kent use the...
- a mutated form of hlāf, "loaf, bread", also seen in the corresponding hlāford, "lord". The second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, "to...
- lewd(lay), in England friendly. And ic cyðe eoƿ, þæt ic ƿylle beon hold hlaford and unsƿicende to godes gerihtum and to rihtre ƿoroldlage. And I kithe(make...
- the root bogъ ("god"). The semantics is similar to English lord (from hlaford "bread-warden"), the idea being that it is part of the function of a chieftain...
- bisyllabic caldo in several Romance languages. Old English hlāfweard > hlāford > Middle English loverd > Modern English lord, pronounced /lɔːrd/ English...
- Offices at the court included that of the þyle and the sċop. The title of hlāford ("lord") denoted the head of any household in origin and expressed the...
- dryhtne dyre. Me wæs Deor noma. Ahte ic fela wintra folgað tilne, holdne hlaford, oþþæt Heorrenda nu, leoðcræftig monn, londryht geþah, þæt me eorla hleo...
- equivalents of Baron and Baroness in England. Lord – From Old English hlāford, hlāfweard, meaning, literally, "bread-keeper", from hlāf ("bread") + weard...