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'''LORD'''
 
  
'''Forms'''-
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'''Forms'''-<br />
 
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OE: ''hláfweard, hláford''
OE: ''hláfweard, hláford''
 
  
 
ME: ''laford, laverd'' → ''lorde, lord''
 
ME: ''laford, laverd'' → ''lorde, lord''
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14. ct- dropping of the intervocalic ''v'' + contraction of vowels → monosyllabic word ''lord''
 
14. ct- dropping of the intervocalic ''v'' + contraction of vowels → monosyllabic word ''lord''
  
'''Primary meaning'''-
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'''Primary meaning'''- <br />
 
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"the head of the household" in his relation to the servants and dependents who 'eat his bread'. <br />
"the head of the household" in his relation to the servants and dependents who 'eat his bread'.
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This can be compared with OE ''hláf-ǽta'' (literary meaning "bread-eater", "servant"). <br />
 
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The word was later adopted as the customary rendering of Latin ''dominus'' (meaning "master").  
This can be compared with OE ''hláf-ǽta'' (literary meaning "bread-eater", "servant").  
 
 
 
The word was later adopted as the customary rendering of Latin ''dominus'' (meaning "master").  
 
  
 
'''Other meanings-'''
 
'''Other meanings-'''
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In Anglo-Saxon Chronicle- specific use "a feudal superior".
 
In Anglo-Saxon Chronicle- specific use "a feudal superior".
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Forms-
OE: hláfweard, hláford

ME: laford, laverdlorde, lord

Etymological constituents-

hláf (meaning "bread", "loaf") + weard (meaning "keeper", "ward")

Phonological development-

14. ct- dropping of the intervocalic v + contraction of vowels → monosyllabic word lord

Primary meaning-
"the head of the household" in his relation to the servants and dependents who 'eat his bread'.
This can be compared with OE hláf-ǽta (literary meaning "bread-eater", "servant").
The word was later adopted as the customary rendering of Latin dominus (meaning "master").

Other meanings-

In early use- the word applied for any man of exalted position in a kingdom.

In modern use- the word used as equivalent to "nobleman".

In current use- "a peer", or for a person entitled to the prefix Lord by courtesy.

In 14. ct- "an owner, possessor, proprietor" (now poetical, PDE landlord is preferred)

In Lindisfarne Gospel (950 AD)- "a master of servants" (now obsolete)

In Anglo-Saxon Chronicle- specific use "a feudal superior".