English
lordlessness
From lordless + -ness.
Formed from lordless + -ness
Old English hlāford ‘lord, master of servants or slaves’
Old English hlāfordlēas ‘lordless, without a lord’
Middle English lordles ‘lordless, leaderless’
English lordless
Today it means
noun Absence of a lord.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lordlessness