liegeman

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Ru´diger, a wealthy Hun, liegeman of Etzel, sent to conduct Kriemhild to Hungary.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

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

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

But we have rather confided the details of our sorrows to your liegeman, the bearer of this, which he may present by word of mouth.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

The rugged face of the liegeman was tremulous.

From The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by Grant, W. L. (William Lawson)

Geoffrey was an old man; he had long held the great post of justiciar of Ireland; and he was himself the liegeman of the marshal.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William