earlship
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of earlship
before 1000; Middle English; Old English eorlscipe. See earl, -ship
Example Sentences
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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
Furthermore, a man who found it so easy to be disloyal could not safely be entrusted with such great territorial authority as the earlship of Mercia.
From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Laurence Marcellus Larson
But I needn't bother your earlship about that.'
From The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Frank Richard Stockton
Oh, your earlship," she remarked, "this, by the way, is Mr. Laffie Brice-Ashton.
From Out of the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennet
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 Laurence Marcellus Larson
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