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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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 Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
I was not yet wanted by Eglaf for any housecarl duty.
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
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
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
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