laford
Middle English
Etymology
See lord
Noun
laford
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of lord
- 1894, Bodleian Library. Manuscript. 343; Napier, Arthur S., History of the Holy Rood-tree: a twelfth century version of the cross-legend...
- Ða answærde he [sē cniht] him ⁊ cwæð; Eala laford moyses sonæ swa ic þa ȝyrdan nimæn wolde...
- He [the servant] answered him and said, "Lo, lord Moses, just as I was about to grasp the rods...
- Ða answærde he [sē cniht] him ⁊ cwæð; Eala laford moyses sonæ swa ic þa ȝyrdan nimæn wolde...
- 1894, Bodleian Library. Manuscript. 343; Napier, Arthur S., History of the Holy Rood-tree: a twelfth century version of the cross-legend...