different between jarl vs farl

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /j??l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j??l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l

Noun

jarl (plural jarls)

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

Translations

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jartl/
• Rhymes: -artl

Noun

jarl m (genitive singular jarls, nominative plural jarlar)

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

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse jarl

Noun

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)

References

• “jarl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse jarl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?rl/

Noun

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)

References

• “jarl” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ?????? (erilaz), from Proto-Germanic *erlaz.

Noun

jarl m (genitive jarls)

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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

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

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