earlship

American  

[url-ship] / ˈɜrl ʃɪp /

noun

1. earldom.

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Etymology

Origin of earlship

before 1000; Middle English; Old English eorlscipe. See earl, -ship

Example Sentences

But the host-gear befretted he held many seasons, 2620 The bill and the byrny, until his own boy might Do him the earlship as did his ere-father.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

Oh, your earlship," she remarked, "this, by the way, is Mr. Laffie Brice-Ashton.

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames

For Offa by arms while only a child, First among fighters won the fairest of kingdoms; 40 Not any of his age in earlship surpassed him.

From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various

But I needn't bother your earlship about that.'

From The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

I thank your noble earlship, Sir Gilbert Hay, but the yoke with which your brave ancestor turned the battle at Loncarty would serve my turn well enough.

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir