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The Old English word 'hlaford' evolved into 'lord'. According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the etymology of the word can be traced back to the Old English word hlāford which originated from hlāfweard meaning "loaf-ward" or "bread-keeper", reflecting the Germanic tribal custom of a chieftain providing food for his followers. [3]
Ozymandias. " Ozymandias " (/ ˌɒziˈmændiəs / ah-zee-MAN-dee-us) [1] is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of The Examiner [2] of London. The poem was included the following year in Shelley's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems ...
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. [1][2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3][4][5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of British poets. [6] Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many ...
The Kalevala (IPA: [ˈkɑleʋɑlɑ]) is a 19th-century compilation of epic poetry, compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, [1] telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of Pohjola and their various protagonists ...
The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father (Greek: Πάτερ ἡμῶν, Latin: Pater Noster), is a central Christian prayer that Jesus taught as the way to pray. Two versions of this prayer are recorded in the gospels: a longer form within the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, and a shorter form in the Gospel of Luke ...
t. e. The Magnificat (Latin for " [My soul] magnifies [the Lord]") is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (Greek: Ἡ ᾨδὴ τῆς Θεοτόκου). It is traditionally incorporated into the liturgical services of the Catholic Church, the Eastern ...
"eternal Lord" Cædmon's hymn [3] dryhntes dreamas "the joys of the Lord" The Seafarer [4] heofones Dryhten "heaven's Lord" The Dream of the Rood [5] Ealdor [6] "Prince" wuldres Ealdor "Prince of Glory" The Dream of the Rood [7] Fæder "Father" Heahfæder "Highfather" The Dream of the Rood: Wuldorfæder "Glorious Father" Cædmon's hymn: Frea [8 ...
Allāh (Arabic: الله) is the Arabic term with no plural used by Muslims and Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews meaning 'the God', while ʾilāh (إِلَٰه, plural `āliha آلِهَة) is the term used for a deity or a god in general. [14][15][16] Muslims also use a multitude of other titles for God. In Hinduism, Brahman is often ...