liegeman
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Good Crispin," said the boy duke as his faithful liegeman came forward to greet him, "suffer me to have my will.
From Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Brooks, Elbridge Streeter
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
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 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
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.
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
The popes sought in vain to keep in order their quarrelsome liegemen; to reconcile Guelf with Guelf, and even Guelf with Ghibelline.
From Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
Under the feudal system the term of service in the field for the liegemen of the Emperor had been forty days; but that time was too short for an effective campaign.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
XC So messengers in hurry through all the country went; To liegemen, and to kinsmen, and all her friends she sent.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Never heard I of heroes more hardy in war, 40 Of sixty who strove more strongly or bravely, Of swains who repaid their sweet mead better Than his loyal liegemen to their loved Hnæf.
From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various
