different between earl vs farl

English

Etymology

From Middle English erle, erl, from Old English eorl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Norse jarl, Old High German and Old Saxon erl), from Proto-Germanic *er?n?, *ar?n? (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (compare Latin orior (“to rise, get up”), Ancient Greek ?????? (órnumi, “to urge, incite”), Avestan ????????????????????????????????????? (?r^?naoⁱti, “to move”), Sanskrit ????? (??óti, “to arise, reach, move, attack”)). Also displaced unrelated but similar ealdorman (“alderman”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ûrl
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)l
• Homophone: URL

Noun

earl (plural earls)

1. (nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
2. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Arel, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, lare, lear, rale, real

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??l/

Etymology 1

Contraction of fardel.

Noun

farl (plural farls)

1. (obsolete) A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
2. Any such cake or bread, now particularly used for Irish specialities as soda farls and potato farls.

See also

• soda bread
• potato bread

Etymology 2

Verb

farl (third-person singular simple present farls, present participle farling, simple past and past participle farled)

1. Obsolete form of furl.
   • 1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 1854, Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 2, page 416,

     Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull !

     Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !

Anagrams

• larf