jarl
/jɑːl
/noun historical
A Norse or Danish chief: the great jarl Thorfinn...
- But the name earl gradually merged with the Danish jarl and, after the reign of Alfred, earls took over the responsibilities of ealdormen.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle suggests that the Viking armies were led by jarls as often as kings.
- From the hill folk, I had heard Cyneric was begotten to a Danish woman by a famous jarl named Sigólfr, a name Cyneric bore whether or not the tale was false.
Origin
Old Norse, literally 'man of noble birth'; related to earl.
- non-recoil
- non-recourse
- nonrecurring
- non-reducible
- non-reducing
- non-reduction
- non-referential
- nonrefillable
- non-reflexive
- non-refoulement
- non-refundable
- non-regent
- non-regular
- non-regulation
- non-relational
- non-relative
- non-relativistic
- non-relativistically
- non-religious
- non-remission
- non-remittance
- non-renewable
- non-representational
- non-residence
- non-residency