All 10 Uses of
liege
in
Ivanhoe
- I am true hermit to the king and law, and were I to spoil my liege's game, I should be sure of the prison, and, an my gown saved me not, were in some peril of hanging."†
Chpt 16
- "What! is it Front-de-Boeuf," said the Black Knight, "who has stopt on the king's highway the king's liege subjects?†
Chpt 20
- …York, together with his daughter, a Jewess, and certain horses and mules: Which noble persons, with their 'cnichts' and slaves, and also with the horses and mules, Jew and Jewess beforesaid, were all in peace with his majesty, and travelling as liege subjects upon the king's highway; therefore we require and demand that the said noble persons, namely, Cedric of Rotherwood, Rowena of Hargottstandstede, Athelstane of Coningsburgh, with their servants, 'cnichts', and followers, also the…†
Chpt 25
- —The Saxon porkers, whom I have slain, they were the foes of my country, and of my lineage, and of my liege lord.†
Chpt 30 *
- Call me no longer Locksley, my Liege, but know me under the name, which, I fear, fame hath blown too widely not to have reached even your royal ears—I am Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest.†
Chpt 40
- "My Liege," said the Friar, "I humbly crave your pardon; and you would readily grant my excuse, did you but know how the sin of laziness has beset me.†
Chpt 40
- —In fine, good my Liege, I pray you to leave me as you found me; or, if in aught you desire to extend your benevolence to me, that I may be considered as the poor Clerk of Saint Dunstan's cell in Copmanhurst, to whom any small donation will be most thankfully acceptable."†
Chpt 40
- "But your kingdom, my Liege," said Ivanhoe, "your kingdom is threatened with dissolution and civil war—your subjects menaced with every species of evil, if deprived of their sovereign in some of those dangers which it is your daily pleasure to incur, and from which you have but this moment narrowly escaped."†
Chpt 41
- —To you I turn, noble King Richard, with the vows of allegiance, which, as a liege-subject—†
Chpt 42
- "Heaven, my Liege," answered Ivanhoe, "hath taken this proud man for its victim.†
Chpt 44
Definition:
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(liege) a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
or:
a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord