lávarðr
nafnorðkarlkyn
m. [like lafði, borrowed from the Early Engl. lâuerd, as it was spelt and sounded in Engl. of the 12th century; A. S. hláford]:—a lord, master, Fms. vii. 250, x. 226, Hom. 89, Mar. passim: the word is used in the N. T. along with drottinn and herra.