jarl
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of jarl
1810–20; < Old Norse jarl; see earl
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The ship burial could have been for a king, queen or jarl, he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2020
“Keep thy bauble,” and the jarl thrust it back upon her.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
“No king was my sire, not a jarl, ev’n—’tis true; Yet Scald-songs his mem’ry and exploits renew; The Rune-stones will tell On high-vaulted cairn what my race hath done well.
From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber
Thus, in 1021, the stiffnecked jarl Thorkil was banished the land, and his place taken by an Anglo-Saxon, the subsequently famous Godwin, who became one of Canute’s chief counsellors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
“Then he doth live!” and the jarl turned to his followers.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
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