Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Anglo-Saxon form of
earl .
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Examples
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Wyrd oft nereth unfaegne eorl, ponne his ellen deah.
Archive 2008-10-01 Jan 2008
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Wyrd oft nereth unfaegne eorl, ponne his ellen deah.
Katherine Neville "The Fire" Jan 2008
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Maybe it's intended to reflect a real or imagined class difference, with the ceorl class cast as hobbits and the eorl class cast as Rohirric warriors.
Old English Riddles - a thousand years of double entendre Carla 2007
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Welund him be wurman wræces cunnade, anhydig eorl earfoþa dreag, hæfde him to gesiþþe sorge ond longaþ, wintercealde wræce; wean oft onfond, siþþan hine Niðhad on nede legde, swoncre seonobende on syllan monn.
Archive 2006-05-01 Heo 2006
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Welund him be wurman wræces cunnade, anhydig eorl earfoþa dreag, hæfde him to gesiþþe sorge ond longaþ, wintercealde wræce; wean oft onfond, siþþan hine Niðhad on nede legde, swoncre seonobende on syllan monn.
Friday Poetry Blogging: Deor Heo 2006
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Þa hi ne leng ne muhten þolen þa stali hi ut ⁊ flugen. ⁊ hi wurthen war wid {} uten ⁊ folecheden heo {m}. ⁊ namen Rodb {er} t eorl of glouc {estre}.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Will {el} m eorl of Albamar þe þe king adde beteht euorwic ⁊ to other æuez men mid fæumen ⁊ fuhten wid heo {m}. ⁊ fle {m} den þe king æt te Standard. ⁊ sloghen suithe micel of his genge.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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+Þ+e eorl and þe eþelyng. ibureþ vnder gódne. king.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Þa was þe eorl under {} fangen æt Wincestre ⁊ æt lundene mid micel wurtscipe. ⁊ alle diden hi {m} manred. ⁊ suoren þe pais to halden. ⁊ hit ward sone suythe god pais. sua ð neure was here.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Þær eft {er} scæ ferde ouer sæ. ⁊ hi of normandi wenden alle fra þe king. to þe eorl of Angæu. sume here þankes ⁊ sume here unþankes. for he be {} sæt heo {m} til hi aiauen up here castles. ⁊ hi nan helpe ne hæfden of þe k {inge}.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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