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/lɔːd/
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Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Modern
noble title; God
Shares a root with
lady
Old English hlæfdige (loaf-kneader), parallel formation to hlaford
loaf
Old English hlaf (bread), the first element of hlaford
laird
Old English hlaford (lord), via Scots dialect development