Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to laird
Participle: lairded
Gerund: lairding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | laird |
| you | laird |
| he;she;it | lairds |
| we | laird |
| you | laird |
| they | laird |
Perfect
| I | have lairded |
| you | have lairded |
| he;she;it | has lairded |
| we | have lairded |
| you | have lairded |
| they | have lairded |
Past
| I | lairded |
| you | lairded |
| he;she;it | lairded |
| we | lairded |
| you | lairded |
| they | lairded |
Pluperfect
| I | had lairded |
| you | had lairded |
| he;she;it | had lairded |
| we | had lairded |
| you | had lairded |
| they | had lairded |
Future
| I | will laird |
| you | will laird |
| he;she;it | will laird |
| we | will laird |
| you | will laird |
| they | will laird |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lairded |
| you | will have lairded |
| he;she;it | will have lairded |
| we | will have lairded |
| you | will have lairded |
| they | will have lairded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | laird |
| you | laird |
| he;she;it | laird |
| we | laird |
| you | laird |
| they | laird |
Perfect
| I | have lairded |
| you | have lairded |
| he;she;it | have lairded |
| we | have lairded |
| you | have lairded |
| they | have lairded |
Imperfect
| I | lairded |
| you | lairded |
| he;she;it | lairded |
| we | lairded |
| you | lairded |
| they | lairded |
Pluperfect
| I | had lairded |
| you | had lairded |
| he;she;it | had lairded |
| we | had lairded |
| you | had lairded |
| they | had lairded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would laird |
| you | would laird |
| he;she;it | would laird |
| we | would laird |
| you | would laird |
| they | would laird |
Perfect
| I | would have lairded |
| you | would have lairded |
| he;she;it | would have lairded |
| we | would have lairded |
| you | would have lairded |
| they | would have lairded |
Imperative
| you | laird |
| we | Let's laird |
| you | laird |
Verbs conjugated like 'laird'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'laird'
lair,
lard,
aid,
air,
airt,
bard,
bird,
braird,
cair,
card,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord.
Sample Sentences
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But cauld was his hearth ere his youdith was o'er, / An' he delved on the lands he had lairded before; / Yet though he beggared his ha' an' deserted his lea, / Contented he roamed on the banks o' the Dee. [1874, George Outram, “The Banks o’ the Dee”, in Henry Glassford Bell, editor, Lyrics Legal and Miscellaneous, 2nd edition, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, →OCLC, page 86:]
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You'd stand with a single malt, / in braces, admiring a Grinling, / while I did a fingertip search of your face, / [...] / discovering the recesses of baronial you, / lairding it in a rental estate / we were about to lose. [2008, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch, “A Pair of Antlers”, in Not in Those Shoes, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 21:]
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Declan observed him, analyzing his reaction. He loved to unnerve his lairding brother. [2013, Victoria Roberts, chapter 18, in X Marks the Scot, Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN, page 194:]
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Classic horror movie The Wicker Man is getting an outside airing at Compton Verney. [...] Set on a remote Scottish island lairded over by the incomparable Christopher Lee, the film strands the viewer – and young policeman Edward Woodward – among a neo-pagan community where blood sacrifice, passion and lust collide in the mist. [2017 May 13, Ian Hughes, “Date with The Wicker Man for outdoor screening at Compton Verney”, in Leamington Observer, archived from the original on 16 May 2017:]