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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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)
"Now is East Anglia mine in truth," he said; and with that he bade the housecarl fetch Curan, the cook's porter, to him.
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
But it did not seem right to me that an atheling of Wessex should be alone, without so much as a housecarl to tend him and stand at his back at need.
From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
Whereon the housecarl laughed a little, and said that it was but an ancient flint working.
From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
So said Dudda, the rough housecarl; and it is in my mind that the kindly remembrance would have wiped out many a thought of wrong, had there been any.
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
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