Old English hlāford contains hlāf, loaf or bread, as its first lexical component.
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hlāford
lord; master; loaf guardian
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English · bread loafhlāf
loaf; bread
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The household title encodes provision through the loaf component beside guardian.
A morphological relation inside Old English.
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Lord — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: hlāf loaf plus weard keeper
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the two compound components.
Lord — American Heritage DictionaryEtymology: hlāf loaf plus weard guardian
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently confirms the morphology.
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