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Anglo-Saxon

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hláford

a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord

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, and him geþafiaþ þæt hí bióð heora hláfordas, Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 20. used of animals Gif gé gesáwen hwelce mús þæt wǽre hláford ofer óþre mýs and sette him dómas and nídde hié æfter gafole si inter mures videres unum aliquem jus sibi ac potestatem prae

ge-reccan

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.), ðonne sé ðe ðǽr fore bið suíðor wilnað ðæt hé rícsige ofer monna unðeáwas ðonne ofer óðre góde menn summus locus bene regitur, cum is, qui praeest vitiis potius quam fratribus dominatur, Past. 117, 10.

án

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
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Ei vigilare bene vivendo non sufficit, si non et illum, cui praeest, a peccati torpore disjungat, Past. 193, 20-23. Heó is ána módor and mǽden she is in her own person mother and maid, Hml. A. 33, 221.

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