lordless
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lordless
before 900; Middle English lordles, Old English hlāfordlēas. See lord, -less
Example Sentences
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Never shall about Stourmere, the stalwart fellows, with words me twit now my chief is down, that I lordless homeward go march, turning from war!
From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John
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
My heart was lordless when with trumpet blare And multitudinous song you came, its king, The banners of my thought your ensign bear, You fill my soul with glory, like the spring.
From Love's Comedy by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
Those ladies who had, before this, the very Lord of the universe for their protector, were now lordless.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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
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