hláford
A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus
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A LORD; dominus. herus Hláford heros, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 46; Wrt. Voc. 50, 28. Scipes hláford nauclerus, 83; Som. 73, 66; Wrt. Voc. 48, 4.
Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige
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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Se ðeówa nát hwæt se hláford (hláfard, L. R.) déð, Jn. 15, 15. Gif þeów næbbe wíf and his hláford him wíf sylle ... þæt wíf and hire winclo beóð þæs hláfordes ... Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé is mín hláford leóf,' Ex. 21, 4-5.
hláford-scipe
Lordship, ⬩ rule; ⬩ dominatio
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Hwí wæs Adame án treów forboden ðá ðá hé wæs ealles óðres hláford ? To ðan ðæt hé hine ne onhófe on swá micclum hláfordscipe why was one tree forbidden to Adam, when he was lord of every other?
hláford-hyldo
Fidelity to a lord, ⬩ loyalty
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Fidelity to a lord, loyalty 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.
Linked entry: riht-hláfordhyldu
hláford-gift
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cf. hláford ; II 4 a), appointment by a lord to a command(?)
hláford-swice
Treachery to a lord, ⬩ treason
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Treachery to a lord, treason Ealra mǽst hláfordswice se biþ on worulde ðæt man his hláfordes sáwle beswíce and full mycel hláfordswice eác biþ ðæt man his hláford of lífe forrǽde oððe of lande lifigendne drífe the greatest treachery in the world against
hláford-dóm
Dominion, ⬩ lordship
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Dominion, lordship For Godes ege under ðæm geoke his hláforddómes þurhwunigen and hine for Godes ege weorþigen, suá mon hláford sceal divino timore constricti ferre sub eis jugum reverentiæ non recusent, Past. 28, 5; Swt. 197, 8.
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hláford-swícung
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Treachery to a lord Ús mon þanne nénigre déda grimlícor ne mengaþ, þanne þæs saternesdeges weorces . . . búton manslihte and ciricbryca and hláfordswícunga, Wlfst. 225, 28. Uton forlǽtan . . . hláfordswícunga, Verc. Först. 167
hláford-þrymm
majesty
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Lordly greatness, majesty For heora woroldwuldre and for hláfordbryrnrne, Chrd. 66, 20
hláford-swica
A betrayer of his lord, ⬩ a traitor to his lord
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A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord Se man ðe ðis gefæst ne þearf hé him ná ondrǽdan hellewítan bútan hé beó hláfordswica the man that keeps this fast need not fear the pains of hell, unless he be a traitor to his lord, Lchdm. iii. 228, 24.
eald-hláford
An old or ancient lord ⬩ pristĭnus domĭnus
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He hæfde heora eald-hláfordes sunu on his gewealde he had the son of their old lord in his power, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 25. Se Cásere wæs heora eald-hláford cynnes the Cæsar was of the kin of their ancient lords, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 22.
hláford-sócn
The 'seeking' a lord for the purpose of being in his service, and under his protection
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The 'seeking' a lord for the purpose of being in his service, and under his protection Ne dominus libero homini hlafordsoknam interdicat si eum recte custodierit, L. Ath. ii. 4; Th. i. 216, 25: iii. 5; Th. i. 218, 25
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land-hláford
a land-lord
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a land-lord, an owner of land, lord of the manor Tódǽle man ða eahta dǽlas on twá and fó se landhláford tó healfum tó healfum se bisceop sý hit cynges man sý hit þegnes [cf. H. I. 11; Th. i. 520, 18-20 reliquum in duas partes dividant, dimidium habeat
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riht-hláford
A rightful lord
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A rightful lord Gif wíf ofer hire rihthláford óðerne man hæbbe si mulier, praeter dominum suum legitimum, alium habet virum, L. Ecg. P. ii. 7; Th. ii. 184, 19
cyne-hláford
A royal lord, sovereign lord, king ⬩ regius vel supremus dominus, rex
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A royal lord, sovereign lord, king; regius vel supremus dominus, rex Be his cynehláfordes geþafunge with the permission of his royal lord, Cod. Dipl. 593; A. D. 965-975; Kmbl. iii. 127, 8. Æt his leófan cynehláforde Eádgáre cyninge from his dear sovereign
cyne-hláford
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Ꝥ him nán leófre hláford nǽre þonne heora cynehláuord, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 3 note. Se cyning . . .. God hine áwende of Godes dreáme sé ðe ðis áwende, bútan hit mín áne cynehláford sý, C. D. vi. 149, 31.
eald-hláford
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Substitute: An old lord, a lord whose right to rule is of ancient date, a rightful, liege lord Hiera ealdhláfordes sunu regis filium, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 33. Hwelce hláfordhylda hí þóhton tó gecýþanne on hiora ealdhláfordes bearnum, 6, 37; S. 296, 5.
hús-hláford
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Add: — Eustachius gelǽdde hí meó his gesthúse. and . . . cwæð tó þám húshláforde : ' þás men synd mé cúðe . . . gif mé nú mettas and wín, and ic hit þé gilde eft of míre hýre,' Hml. S. 30, 259
land-hláford
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Æt ǽlcum were ðe binnan ðám .xxx. hídan is, gebyreð ǽfre se óðer fisc dam landhláforde, C. D. iii. 450.26. Add