Obs. For forms see LORD sb. and -HEAD. [f. LORD sb. + -HEAD.] = LORDSHIP.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 190. In ðe moste and in ðe leste he forles His louerd-hed quuanne he mis-ches.
c. 1300. Cursor M., 4837. We prai þi lauerd-hed Þat þou wald vs help in nede.
c. 1325. Metr. Hom. (1862), 61. Of that tour nou spek I, For laverdhed and for maistri, That Nembrot havid first of man.
