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housecarl
[ hous-kahrl ]
noun
- a member of the household troops or bodyguard of a Danish or early English king or noble.
housecarl
/ ˈhaʊsˌkɑːl /
noun
- (in medieval Europe) a household warrior of Danish kings and noblemen
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Word History and Origins
Origin of housecarl1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of housecarl1
Old English hūscarl, from Old Norse hūskarl manservant, from hūs house + karl man; see churl
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Example Sentences
Whereon the housecarl laughed a little, and said that it was but an ancient flint working.
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Presently Erling came alongside me, leaving the housecarl to mind his comrade.
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"Now is East Anglia mine in truth," he said; and with that he bade the housecarl fetch Curan, the cook's porter, to him.
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And presently I thought that I might do worse than be a housecarl for a time, if Eglaf would have me.
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"That, I take it, is a hint that you might like to be a housecarl of the king's," he said.
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