Read full poem →She look’d as grand as doomsday and as grave : 185
And he, he reverenced his liege-lady there ;
He always made a point to post with mares ;
Dictionary Entry
A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. liegelord liegesubjects liegepeople liegehomage liegeman liegeliege de
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Poetry examples for “liege”
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Read full poem →And she, well pleased, perceiving me
Liege ever to the noble pride
Of her unconquer’d majesty,
Read full poem →Malachi. Fear not, my liege.
That day is distant yet, when Treason’s wiles
Read full poem →Sitric. Not fight? Do they refuse my call ? rey
Bruard. No, liege;
Read full poem →Well met, good friend. What says our liege, the King ? + ey
Shall we engage those Danish thieves to-day ? > 4 eee
Read full poem →Dolat. Cheer you, my liege; the day willyet beours.
Read full poem →Sitric and Bruard. Foretold ? ee 4 3 ae
Dolat. Why, yes, my liege: you’ve heard ¢ our fathers tell |
The oracle has said: If Brien on Mrs, oe age ae 4
Read full poem →Thou must hold water in a witch's sieve, 120
And be liege-lord of all the Elves and Fays,
To venture so: it fills me with amaze
Read full poem →PRESUMES TO OFFER THE HOMAGE
OF A LITERARY VASSAL TO HIS LIEGE LORD,
THE FIRST OF EXISTING WRITERS,
Read full poem →He takes a sovran privilege
Not allowed to any liege;
For Cupid goes behind all law,