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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

Noun

jars

1. plural of jar

Verb

jars

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jar

French

Etymology

Probably from Frankish *gard (“spike, stick”) (with reference to the male's penis). See also however Gaulish garanos ("crane")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/

Noun

jars m (plural jars)

1. gander (male goose)

Related terms

• oie

Further reading

• “jars” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).