eorl
Old English
noun
Definitions
- Anglo-Saxon of noble rank; a nobleman ranking above a thane; alderman
- warrior, brave man
- Danish under-king, jarl
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *erlaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*erlaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- earl English
- jarl English
- jarldom English
- jaarli Finnish
- ярл Russian
- jarl Norwegian Bokmål
- *erlaz Proto-Germanic
- *erōną Proto-Germanic
- jarl Norwegian Nynorsk
- erldom Middle English
- erle Middle English
- erle marchal Middle English
- iarla Irish
- jarl Old Norse
- jarlborinn Old Norse
- jarldómr Old Norse
- jarlsdóttir Old Norse
- jarlsnafn Old Norse
- jarl Icelandic
- jarlsfrú Icelandic
- iarll Welsh
- iarla Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- jallur Faroese
- erl Old Saxon
- yurl Cornish
- ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ Proto-Norse