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Re: Laird


Poster: "Tony Jordan" <tjordan_12@hotmail.com>


  According to the OED:

   Laird: A middle english (northern dialect) word derived from lord
   Lord: An old english word made up of two root words hlaf (loaf,bread) 
+ weard (keeper,guardian).


  So a lord is literally someone who keeps the bread.  Less an 
expression of land ownership than an expression of ownership of the 
products of the land.

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