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hús-carl

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hús-carl, es; m. [A word apparently taken from the Scandinavians, as the English form would be hús-ceorl.]
A member of the king's bodyguard
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  • Ðurstán mín húskarll

    præfectus meus palatinus Ðurstanus,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 202, 4
    • .
  • Urk mín húskarl,

    • 221, 6.
  • On gewitnesse eallra ðæs kynges húscarlan [-carla?],

    • 291, 15.
  • Ða Densca húscarles,

    • Chr. 1070
    • ;
    • Erl. 207, 25
    • .
  • Man gerǽdde ðæt Ælfgifu Hardacnutes módor sǽte on Winceastre mid ðæs cynges húscarlum hyra suna,

    • 1036
    • ;
    • Erl. 165, 5
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Frs. hús-kerl
:
Icel. hús-karl I. a man-servant, opposed to húsbondi a master; II. a member of the king's body-guard. See Cl. and Vig. Dict.
]
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v. Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 118 sqq : Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 150.
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