Middle English Dictionary Entry
lōnd-lōrd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | lōnd-lōrd n. |
| Etymology | From lōnd & lōrd; also cp. OE landhlāford. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who rents land or property to a tenant; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- 1419 Liber Albus Lond.in RS 12.1221 : Le lessour, appelle landlorde, serra devaunt toutz autres pur la ferme..par ii ans.
- (a1443) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxxvii : He had hyryd a place for many yeeris and grete cooste dyd theruppon, and than the lanlord deyed sodeynly.
- c1475(?c1451) Worcester Bk.Noblesse (Roy 18.B.22)73 : They have ben..surcharged grevouslie..righte importable sommes, paide to your predecessours..and to theire landlordis that halden of you.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)199 : They toke grete olde mancyons..and causyd the londe lordys to do grete coste in reparacyons..and that causyd grete loste unto the londe lordys.
b
- (1275) Hundred R.Tower 1216 : Johannes Landlord.
- (1332) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms45 : Walt. Landelauerd.