jarl
noun
a chieftain; earl.
jarldom
-
a word derived from
jarl.
Example Sentences
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He also sent missionaries to evangelize the jarldom.
From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by James Gray
Of his three half-brothers, Somarled and Brusi were not unwilling to give Thorfinn a share of the Orkney jarldom.
From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by James Gray
And because it is right that his kingship should be certain, I give him all his jarldom as a kingdom from henceforth, only subject to me and my heirs as overlord.
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
Shortly after his father's death, Ragnvald returned, and, fortified by a grant from King Magnus of Norway, whom he had helped to gain the throne, claimed his father's two trithings of the Orkney jarldom.
From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by James Gray
He then took possession of the lands of the jarldom; and, from having taught the people of Turfness in Moray the use of turf or peat for fuel, was known thenceforward as Torf-Einar.
From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by James Gray
