Middle English Dictionary Entry
overlōrd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | overlōrd n. Also oferlaferd & orlard. |
| Etymology | From lōrd n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An overlord, a ruler possessing the fealty of other rulers.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)276 : Herode wass hemm sett Hæþene mann to kinge Þurrh Rome burrȝhess Kaserrking, Þatt tær wass oferrlaferrd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6903 : Þe Romanisshe king..wass hiss oferrlaferrd.
- (1385) Doc.in HMC Rep.3 App.410a : Thai apere..to Sir Patrick Gray, lord of the chef part of Langforgonde, and orlard of the landys of Lytilton.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4620 : Kyng Richard was here ouyr-lord.