jarl

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

• (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.

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

jarl

Wikipedia ^no

From Old Norse jarl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjarl/, /ˈjɑːˀl/,

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): /jartl/
• Rhymes: -artl

jarl m (genitive singular jarls, nominative plural jarlar)

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

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

jarl

Wikipedia ^no

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

jarl

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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.
• “jarl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

jarl

Wikipedia ^pl

Learned borrowing from Old Norse jarl.

• IPA^(key): /jarl/
• 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