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He tried to propitiate them by calling them hochwohlgeboren herren, which in itself sounded suspicious.

From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Conrad, Joseph

Alleȥ ir gesinde     klagete und scrē mit ir lieben vrouwen,     wand’ in was harte wē umb’ ir vil edelen herren,     den si dā heten verlorn.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

Dā von līhet er den fürsten unde andern herren wereltlīch gerihte.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

Diu naht was zergangen:     man sagte eȥ wolde tagen. dō hieȥ diu edele vrouwe     zuo den münster tragen Sīfrit den herren,     ir vil lieben man.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Wright, Joseph

Or, compare Titania's instructions to the fairies to serve her Bottom: Ver venlege imot og t�n den herren!

From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown