| 词汇 | lord |
| 词源 | lord; lady. Each of these dignified words (though today we have terms like baglady) has its roots in a loaf of bread. The lord, or head of a household, was the loaf-protector, the Old English for this term, hlaf-weard (loaf-ward) or hlaford, even- tually yielding the word lord. Similarly, the lord’s wife, or mis- tress of the house, eventually took the name lady from the Old English hlafdige, “loaf-kneader,” or maker of the loaf of bread. |
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