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Lord — American Heritage Dictionary

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American Heritage Dictionary Editors
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2022
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HarperCollins
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EDGE 848contextestablished

lord → loverd

Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation

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Middle English loverd or lord reduces to modern lord, with loss of the unstressed medial vowel and stabilized spelling.
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The master and title senses continue while the compound becomes opaque.
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loverd → hlāford

Middle English → Old English · continuation

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Middle English loverd continues Old English hlāford with phonological reduction.
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A household master term develops through medieval rank and title uses.
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Etymology: Middle English loverd from Old English hlāford

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hlāford → hlāf

Old English → Old English · compound component

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Old English hlāford contains hlāf, loaf or bread, as its first lexical component.
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The household title encodes provision through the loaf component beside guardian.
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Etymology: hlāf loaf plus weard guardian

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