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Meanings of liegeman in English

Portuguese
vassalagem
Catalan
vassall
Spanish
vasallo

A person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord.

        vassalagem
        Usage of liegeman in English
        1
        The king heard it well and feared him for his liegeman's life.
        The Nibelungenlied
        2
        Brunhild, in great anger, employed Hagan, liegeman of Gunther, to murder Siegfried.
        The Age of Fable
        3
        Hagen sorely wounded Hawart's liegeman with his sword through shield and breastplate.
        The Nibelungenlied
        4
        Dole enow it gave them, for no longer might Hawart's liegeman live.
        The Nibelungenlied
        5
        I, that am his true and loving liegeman, should be with him.'
        The Herd Boy and His Hermit
        6
        The king was an officer of that realm and a liegeman of God.
        Signs of Change
        7
        And I am your liegeman, and hold the land from you.
        Memoirs or Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the Conquest of C...
        8
        Wist he not well that he was my liegeman and serf?
        The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
        9
        Now the noble Kriemhild came with many a valiant liegeman.
        The Nibelungenlied
        10
        In truth I shall ever mourn for King Etzel's liegeman.
        The Nibelungenlied
        11
        She went to meet him to the door and greeted full kindly Etzel's liegeman.
        The Nibelungenlied
        12
        Then a proud liegeman of Hrothgar's stepped forward and asked:
        Myths and Legends of All Nations / Famous Stories from the Greek...
        13
        Over his shoulder Gunther's liegeman gazed for a comrade-at-arms, whom he then quickly won.
        The Nibelungenlied
        14
        Fair Uta's sons, they had a liegeman, brave and true.
        The Nibelungenlied
        15
        The king followed his liegeman Hagen in evil wise.
        The Nibelungenlied
        16
        He guardeth this land and is liegeman unto Gelfrat.
        The Nibelungenlied
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        Translations for liegeman
        Spanish
        vasallo
        Liegeman through the time
        Liegeman across language varieties
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