lordlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːdləs/, U.S.

/ˈlɔrdləs/

Forms: see lord n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lord n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < lord n. + -less suffix.

Without a lord, esp. without a ruler or master. Also (of a woman): without a husband (cf. lord n. 4). In later use somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > without lord, master, or mistress

lordlessOE

masterlessc1425

captainless1586

mistressless1873

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adjective] > without a husband

lordlessOE

sole1464

uncovert1485

lone1548

discovert1632

unhusbanded1797

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adjective] > relating to throne (see of bishop) > without a bishop

lordless1643

OE Beowulf (2008) 2935 Oð ðæt hi oðeodon earfoðlice in Hrefnes Holt hlafordlease.

lOE Laws of Æðelstan (Rochester) ii. ii. 152 Be þam hlafordleasan mannum, ðe mon nan ryht ætbegytan ne mæg.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 678 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 126 Ech wende In is side, Ase men þat weren louerdlese—heo nusten ȝwat a-bide.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2987 Þou ast ymad..moni child wiþoute fader, & moni wif louerd les.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iii. l. 489 (MED) Hoo is hir lord, or wheder is she lordles?

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin (1899) xxix. 579 (MED) The londe of the grete breteigne a-bide with-outen heir and lordles.

1643 T. Case Quarrell of Covenant 51 Thy mother Papacy shall be made childelesse among harlots, your Diocese Bishoplesse, and your Sees Lordlesse.

?1790 G. Ogilvie Carolina i. 42 Lordless meadows spread extensive round.

1823 J. Baillie in Coll. of Poems 312 An armed band From Moorham's lordless hall.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 96 The lordless man became a kind of outlaw.

1887 A. C. Swinburne Locrine i. ii. 40 Her, left lordless by that ended fray.

1955 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Sept. 552 He explains..the social position of Ronin (‘men adrift’ or lordless warriors).

1999 S. Heaney in Beowulf (2000) p. xv It is the destiny of the Geat people to be left lordless in the end.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lordless
释义	lordlessadj. Brit. /ˈlɔːdləs/, U.S. /ˈlɔrdləs/ Forms: see lord n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lord n., -less suffix. Etymology: < lord n. + -less suffix. Without a lord, esp. without a ruler or master. Also (of a woman): without a husband (cf. lord n. 4). In later use somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > without lord, master, or mistress lordlessOE masterlessc1425 captainless1586 mistressless1873 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adjective] > without a husband lordlessOE sole1464 uncovert1485 lone1548 discovert1632 unhusbanded1797 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adjective] > relating to throne (see of bishop) > without a bishop lordless1643 OE Beowulf (2008) 2935 Oð ðæt hi oðeodon earfoðlice in Hrefnes Holt hlafordlease. lOE Laws of Æðelstan (Rochester) ii. ii. 152 Be þam hlafordleasan mannum, ðe mon nan ryht ætbegytan ne mæg. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 678 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 126 Ech wende In is side, Ase men þat weren louerdlese—heo nusten ȝwat a-bide. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2987 Þou ast ymad..moni child wiþoute fader, & moni wif louerd les. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iii. l. 489 (MED) Hoo is hir lord, or wheder is she lordles? a1500 (?c1450) Merlin (1899) xxix. 579 (MED) The londe of the grete breteigne a-bide with-outen heir and lordles. 1643 T. Case Quarrell of Covenant 51 Thy mother Papacy shall be made childelesse among harlots, your Diocese Bishoplesse, and your Sees Lordlesse. ?1790 G. Ogilvie Carolina i. 42 Lordless meadows spread extensive round. 1823 J. Baillie in Coll. of Poems 312 An armed band From Moorham's lordless hall. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iii. 96 The lordless man became a kind of outlaw. 1887 A. C. Swinburne Locrine i. ii. 40 Her, left lordless by that ended fray. 1955 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Sept. 552 He explains..the social position of Ronin (‘men adrift’ or lordless warriors). 1999 S. Heaney in Beowulf (2000) p. xv It is the destiny of the Geat people to be left lordless in the end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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