liegeman

Example Sentences

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Ne'er can I cease bewailing King Etzel's liegeman true.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Perhaps you are not aware that I am lord of the manor to you, and that you are my liegeman.

From Pine Needles by Warner, Susan

Of a truth, if I could desire aught but your goodwill, in nowise could I hold you as the lady of my heart, nor myself as your liegeman.

From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Pisan, Christin? de

It is the tale of most men that Kjartan on the day he laid aside his white baptismal-robes became a liegeman of the king's, he and Bolli both.

From Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic by Press, Muriel A.C.

He took an oath to serve him, as his liegeman true, In all that to a master from his man is due.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown