jarl

From Old Norse jarl, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ). Cognates include Old English eorl. Doublet of earl and eorl.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /jɑɹl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jɑːl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)l

jarl (plural jarls)

1. (historical) A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.

   Coordinate terms: karl, thrall

   • 2016, Louise Spilsbury, “Powerful Kings and Suffering Slaves”, in The Vikings: Dig Up the Secrets of the Dead (History Hunters), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Raintree, →ISBN, page 18:

     There were three kinds of Viking: thralls, karls and jarls. Thralls were the slaves. They were owned by karls and jarls.

From Old Norse jarl, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *erlaz, akin to Old English eorl (English earl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjarl/, /ˈjɑːˀl/, [ˈjɑ̰̈ˑl̺]

jarl c (singular definite jarlen, plural indefinite jarler)

1. (historical) jarl (a title given to the highest noblemen in Norse times.)
2. an earl (British nobleman)

• “jarl” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse jarl, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *erlaz, akin to Old English eorl (English earl).

• IPA^(key): /ja(r)tl/
• Rhymes: -artl

jarl m (genitive singular jarls, nominative plural jarlar)

1. jarl
2. earl (especially applied to nobles of Britain in modern times)

From Old Norse jarl.

• IPA^(key): /jɑːɭ/

jarl m (definite singular jarlen, indefinite plural jarler, definite plural jarlene)

1. (historical) jarl (a title given to the highest noblemen in Norse times. Went out of use in the 14th century.)
2. an earl (British nobleman)

• “jarl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse jarl.

• IPA^(key): /jɑrl/, /jɑːɭ/

jarl m (definite singular jarlen, indefinite plural jarlar, definite plural jarlane)

1. (historical) jarl (a title given to the highest noblemen in Norse times. Went out of use in the 14th century).
2. an earl (British nobleman)

• “jarl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ᛁᛅᚱᛚ (iarl) — Old East Norse

From Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *erlaz.

jarl m (genitive jarls)

1. (poetic) a highborn, noble man or warrior
2. earl (in dignity next to the king)

• Icelandic: jarl
• Faroese: jallur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jarl
• Old Swedish: iarl, iærl
  • Swedish: järl
• Old Danish: ierl
• → Danish: jarl (reborrowed)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jarl
• → English: jarl
• → Finnish: jaarli
• → Swedish: jarl (reborrowed)

• “jarl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jarl”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Learned borrowing from Old Norse jarl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjarl/
• Rhymes: -arl
• Syllabification: jarl

jarl m pers

1. (historical) jarl (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
2. (historical) jarl (leader of a viking team)

• jarl in Polish dictionaries at PWN