jarl
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- jarldom noun
Etymology
Origin of jarl
1810–20; < Old Norse jarl; see earl
Example Sentences
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The ship burial could have been for a king, queen or jarl, he said.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2020
Gracious wert thou, O jarl, when thou didst say that I sing not against my country!
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
“Keep thy bauble,” and the jarl thrust it back upon her.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
There is a fine statue of the great jarl in the Riddarholm church at Stockholm, erected by Fogelberg at the expense of the Stockholm magistracy in 1884.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Who Lady Ing� was, and her attachment to the royal house, he well knew; and he had already observed, with some surprise, that the daughter of the Norwegian jarl shared her sympathies with much spirit.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
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