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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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
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
"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 Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
"Radbard Grimsson of Grimsby, housecarl just now to this King of Lindsey."
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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 Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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