Leofric

[ lee-of-rik ]

noun

1. died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).

Example Sentences

Some of its members might be attached to the house of Godwin, some had sworn to live and die for the house of Leofric.

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It originated with Bishop Leofric, who got together over sixty books about sixteen years before the Conquest.

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Leofric instituted several reforms, added to the wealth of his cathedral, and left it a legacy of lands and books.

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Judith exclaimed—but apart; and, as the reading proceeded, she began to think of how Master Leofric Hope would regard this maiden.

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Master Leofric Hope, on leaving Judith, returned to the farm, but not to the solitude that had awakened her commiseration.

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