earlship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of earlship
before 1000; Middle English; Old English eorlscipe. See earl, -ship
Example Sentences
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Oh, your earlship," she remarked, "this, by the way, is Mr. Laffie Brice-Ashton.
From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames
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
"His honorable earlship, then—since mamma is with us."
From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames
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
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
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