lordless
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lordless
before 900; Middle English lordles, Old English hlāfordlēas. See lord, -less
Example Sentences
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O whither shall we turn us, lordless men, Mourning in heart, forsaken quite by God, Wounded with sin, if we abandon thee?
From Andreas: The Legend of St. Andrew by Root, Robert Kilburn
I am lordless and destitute of all my sons.'
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
And her, left lordless by that ended fray, Our lord beholding loved, and hailed, and crowned Queen.
From Locrine: a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Around me spreads no empty waste, No lordless host of things; My restlessness but seeks thy rest; My little good doth seek thy best, My needs thy ministerings.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
What, O Krishna, can be a greater grief to me than that my daughter of tender years should be a widow and all my daughters-in-law should become lordless.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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