hlaford

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old English hlāford. Doublet of lord and laird. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)lɑːvəd/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈ(h)lafɔːd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)lɑvɚd/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈ(h)læfɔɹd/ === Noun === hlaford (plural hlafords) An Anglo-Saxon lord. == Old English == === Alternative forms === laford — Mercian hlāfard, hlāferd hlābard — Kentish === Etymology === From earlier hlāfweard, from hlāf (“bread”) + weard (“ward”). See also hlǣfdīġe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxlɑː.ford/, [ˈl̥ɑː.vorˠd] === Noun === hlāford m lord, master of servants or slaves c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:24 a man of superior rank; sovereign, ruler; nobleman Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan male head of a household 831, charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts, 445 master, owner of an animal c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord" ==== Usage notes ==== For the Lord (i.e. God), the proper noun Dryhten is used. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== hlāfordlēas hlāfordlīċ hlāfordsċipe landhlāford sċiphlāford ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: lord, lorde, lhord, lourd, lourde, laverd, lhoaverd, laford, laverd, loverd, louerd, lowerd (Early Middle English), laferrd (Ormulum)English: lord (see there for further descendants)Scots: laird→ English: lairdYola: loard→ Icelandic: lávarður (through laverd) → English: hlaford (learned) → Old Norse: lávarði