liegeman
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The English king’s beasts were leopards in blazon, in ballad and chronicle, and in the mouths of liegeman and enemy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
As lord of such a liegeman was Gunther valued high.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
It is known to your Majesty that my son is your liegeman, and, if it please you, your kinsman also.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George
With the spring he set out, meaning vengeance; but he dissembled and rendered homage, and accepted the sword the lord gives his liegeman.
From Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature by Ker, W. P.
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
By Mr. O'Hara's side sat his two lawyers and outside the door stood some 20 of Pawtucket's police, stout liegemen of Walter O'Hara's friend and political ally, Pawtucket's Democratic Mayor Thomas P. McCoy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sindolt and Hunolt, each Gernot's liegemen true, And never-daunted Rumolt so rush'd the foemen through, That ever will King Ludeger repent his vain design To meet your royal brethren on the banks of Rhine.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
His wife he would leave in his domain, and bade his friends and liegemen that they guard her loyally.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
The morning had scarcely dawned when Apafi's tent was besieged by a host of visitors, petitioners, and liegemen.
From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r
On all sides the people to gaze on them began; Then many of Gunther's liegemen swift to meet them ran.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
