• Old English hlaford is a contraction of earlier hlafweard, literally “one who guards the loaves,” from hlaf “bread, loaf” (see loaf (n.)) + weard “keeper, guardian” (from PIE root *wer- (3) “perceive, watch out for”).
• lady (literally “bread-kneader”)
• Old English hlafæta “household servant,” literally “loaf-eater.”