lordschipe

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === lorchipe, lordeship, lordschip, lordschippe, lordship, lordshipp, lordshippe, lordshyp, lordsshipe laverscipe (Early Middle English); loverdsipe (Laȝamon's Brut); lordschyppe (Promptorium Parvulorum) lordchep, lordschep, lordschepe, lordshep, lordshepe (especially East Anglia, East Saxon, Northern) lhordssip (Kent); lorchuppe, lordshup, lordshype, lorshuppe (Ireland); lordshape, lortschyp, lordschup, lordschupe (West Midland) laverd-schip, laverdschipe, laverdschipp, laverscip (Northern); lardschip (Early Scots) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English hlāfordsċipe; by surface analysis, lord (“nobleman”) +‎ -schipe (“-ship”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɔ̝ːrdˌʃip(ə)/, /ˈlɔ̝ːr(t)ˌʃip(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈlaːvərdˌʃip(ə)/, /ˈlaːvər(t)ˌʃip(ə)/ (Northern) === Noun === lordschipe (uncountable) Authority, control; supreme or decisive power: Dominion; the authority or power of a ruler (or deity). Ownership, control (over a household or property) The support provided by an noble or high-ranking individual. (astrology, medicine) The influence exercised by a humour or planet. (rare) An owner or their property. A territory, land, or domain: A domain or estate held by a ruler (or deity). A country; an independent realm or nation. Nobility, status, or the privilege or dignity attached to it: The dignity, position, or presence of a monarch. (rare) A right attached to a feudal estate. A lord or noble (as a term of address) ==== Descendants ==== English: lordship Middle Scots: lairdschip; lordschip Scots: lairdship; lordschip → English: lairdship ==== References ==== “lōrdship(e , n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “lordship, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “lardschip, lairds(c)hip, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.