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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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 Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
"Our horses; and I have tended them, lord," said the rough housecarl, with a bit of a shake in his voice.
From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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 Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
He had on the things that the steward had given him, and they were good enough -- as good as, if more sober than, my housecarl finery.
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
I will only say that the life was pleasant enough, if idle, as a housecarl, and that I saw Havelok every day at one time or another, which was all that I could wish.
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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