housecarl
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of housecarl
before 1050; Middle English; late Old English hūscarl < Danish hūskarl. See house, carl
Example Sentences
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"Radbard Grimsson of Grimsby, housecarl just now to this King of Lindsey."
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
After him the thronging people closed up, and though I thought that a housecarl would have been sent to see what he was about, this would have made an open talk, and Alsi forbore.
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
"That, I take it, is a hint that you might like to be a housecarl of the king's," he said.
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
Odin, how good it is to meet a housecarl who speaks as man to man and does not cringe to me!
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
The housecarl started toward it, but as he passed one of the helpless horses, he turned to that and brought me a horn from the saddlebags.
From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
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