Lexicographical Neighbors of Lensmen
Literary usage of Lensmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of England During the Early and Middle Ages by Charles Henry Pearson (1867)
"... men who rather preferred that their sovereign should reside away from them,
and that government should be left to the earls and lensmen of the country. ..."
2. The Scots in Sweden: Being a Contribution Towards the History of the Scot Abroad by Ernst Ludwig Fischer, Thomas Alfred Fischer, John Kirkpatrick (1907)
"But when one of his R. Maj. lensmen in the parish of Vaage, which is situated in
the above-named ..."
3. History of the Scottish Expedition to Norway in 1612 by Thomas Michell (1886)
"But when one of his Royal Majesty's lensmen in the parish of Vaage, which is
situated in the above-mentioned bailiwick of Gudbrandsdal, by name Lauritz Hage ..."
4. Two Summers in Norway by William Bilton (1840)
"... are members of the Storthing, are usually chosen from among the lensmen.
There are no ambulatory judges of assize as with us; but in the principal towns ..."
5. Afraja; Or, Life and Love in Norway by Theodor Mügge, Edward Joy Morris (1865)
"The Voigt of Tromsoe had erected his throne in the middle of the market, surrounded
by his lensmen and bailiffs; the sworn secretary, his nephew, ..."
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