lordschipe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lorchipe, lordeship, lordschip, lordschippe, lordship, lordshipp, lordshippe, lordshyp, lordsshipe
• laverscipe (Early Middle English); loverdsipe (Laȝamon's Brut); lordschyppe (Promptorium Parvulorum)
• lordchep, lordschep, lordschepe, lordshep, lordshepe (especially East Anglia, East Saxon, Northern)
• lhordssip (Kent); lorchuppe, lordshup, lordshype, lorshuppe (Ireland); lordshape, lortschyp, lordschup, lordschupe (West Midland)
• laverd-schip, laverdschipe, laverdschipp, laverscip (Northern); lardschip (Early Scots)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hlāfordsċipe; by surface analysis, lord (“nobleman”) +‎ -schipe (“-ship”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ̝ːrdˌʃip(ə)/, /ˈlɔ̝ːr(t)ˌʃip(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːvərdˌʃip(ə)/, /ˈlaːvər(t)ˌʃip(ə)/ (Northern)

Noun

lordschipe (uncountable)

1. Authority, control; supreme or decisive power:
   1. Dominion; the authority or power of a ruler (or deity).
   2. Ownership, control (over a household or property)
   3. The support provided by an noble or high-ranking individual.
   4. (astrology, medicine) The influence exercised by a humour or planet.
   5. (rare) An owner or their property.
2. A territory, land, or domain:
   1. A domain or estate held by a ruler (or deity).
   2. A country; an independent realm or nation.
3. Nobility, status, or the privilege or dignity attached to it:
   1. The dignity, position, or presence of a monarch.
   2. (rare) A right attached to a feudal estate.
4. A lord or noble (as a term of address)

Descendants

• English: lordship
• Middle Scots: lairdschip; lordschip
  • Scots: lairdship; lordschip
  • → English: lairdship

References

• “lōrdship(e , n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “lordship, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “lardschip, lairds(c)hip, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.