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hláfording

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hláfording, es; m.
a prince, sovereign
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  • Nis ná má hláfordinga on worulde þonne twégen, God Ælmihtig and deófol,

    • Wlfst. 298, 7
    • .
a prince, noble, lord spiritual or temporal
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  • Hit wes gesitolad þám hláfordingan þá þǽron wéron, þæt wes Adelwold bisceof and Ælfstán bisceop and Æþelgár abbod and Ælfríc cild . . . and swíðæ manega óðra ðegenas,

    • C. D. B. iii. 547, 9
    • .
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[v.
N. E. D. lording.
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