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hláford-hyldo

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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hláford-hyldo, f. -hyld, -held[?] m; or -hyldu, e; f.
Fidelity to a lord, loyalty
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  • Ac hí gecýðdon raðe ðæs hwylce hláford-hyldo hí þohton to gecýðanne on heora ealdhláfordes bearnum

    but soon after they shewed what kind of loyalty they intended to shew to the children of their late lord,

      Ors. 6, 37; Bos. 132, 23.
  • Eall ðæt wé ǽfre for riht-hláfordhelde dóþ

    all that we ever do from true loyalty,

      L. C. E. 20; Th. i. 372, 10.
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v.  riht-hláfordhyldu.
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  • hláford-hyldo, n.