earlship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of earlship
before 1000; Middle English; Old English eorlscipe. See earl, -ship
Example Sentences
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Kalf listened joyfully; Canute's speech appealed to him; "and now he began to yearn for the earlship."
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
Furthermore, a man who found it so easy to be disloyal could not safely be entrusted with such great territorial authority as the earlship of Mercia.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus
"His honorable earlship, then—since mamma is with us."
From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames
Oh, your earlship," she remarked, "this, by the way, is Mr. Laffie Brice-Ashton.
From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames
They praised his earlship, his acts of prowess worthily witnessed: and well it is that men their master-friend mightily laud, heartily love, when hence he goes from life in the body forlorn away.
From Beowulf by Gummere, Francis Barton
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