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Noun

jarl (plural jarls)

  • (historical) A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
    • ✤ Coordinate terms: karl, thrall
    • ✤ There were three kinds of Viking: thralls, karls and jarls. Thralls were the slaves. They were owned by karls and jarls.1

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /jɑɹl̩/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /jɑːl/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)l

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

  1. 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: ↩

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