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But LI. Cnuti, 61. make it a 'scetus inexpiable. 'Hus brec and baernet and open thyfth and asbereniorth and hlaford swice after woruld laga is boileds. Word for word, 'House break and burnt, and open theft, and manifest murdher, and lord-treachery, after world's law is bootless. Bracton says, it was punished by death.
There, too, were the wives of some of the soldiers, who, as common in Saxon expeditions, had followed their husbands to the field; and there, too, were the ladies of many a Hlaford in the neighbouring district, who, no less true to their mates than the wives of humbler men, were drawn by their English hearts to the fatal spot.
We speak of our passions or emotions being "kindled," taking the metaphor from the common action of lighting a fire. The two words lord and lady contain very homely metaphors. The lord was the "loaf-keeper," in Old English hlaford, the person on whom the household depended for their food.
The hlaford and his hiredmen are an institution not only of private patronage, but also of police supervision for the sake of laying hands on malefactors and suspected persons. The landrica assumes the same part in a territorial district.
There, too, were the wives of some of the soldiers, who, as common in Saxon expeditions, had followed their husbands to the field; and there, too, were the ladies of many a Hlaford in the neighbouring district, who, no less true to their mates than the wives of humbler men, were drawn by their English hearts to the fatal spot.
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