The story
- Old English · learned borrowing fromeorl
- English todayeorl
Learned borrowing from Old English eorl. Doublet of earl and jarl.
Words from the same roots
Old Englisheorl all →
earl
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
eorl
Today it means: An Anglo-Saxon of noble rank; a nobleman ranking above a thane; alderman. Full definition →
Old English eorl