lordless

[ lawrd-lis ]

adjective

1. having no lord.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lordless¹

before 900; Middle English lordles, Old English hlāfordlēas. See lord, -less

Example Sentences

Clouds and skies and lakes and seas, Valleys and hills and grass and trees, Sun, moon, and stars, all stand to her Limbs of one lordless challenger, Who, without deigning taunt or frown.

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The stringless lute gives forth no strain, The wheelless car is urged in vain; No joy a lordless dame, although Blest with a hundred sons, can know.

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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.

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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!

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The "lordless man" became a sort of outlaw in the realm.

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