EORL
- noun [ masculine ]
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Gif on eorles túne man mannan ofslæhþ xii scillinga gebéte
if a man slay a man in an earl's town, let him make compensation with twelve shillings,
- L. Ethb. 13 ;
- Th. i. 6, 9, 10.
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Its more general use among us dates from the later Scandinavian invasions, and though originally only a title of honour, it became in later times one of office, nearly supplanting the older and more Saxon one of 'ealdorman:' — Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so
also we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl,
- L. Alf. pol. 4 ;
- Th. i. 64, 3.
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Se eorl nolde ná géþwsǽrian
the earl would not consent,
- Chr. 1051 ;
- Ing. 227, 13, 23: 228, 4, 28, 35, 36: 229, 10, 21, 25, 26.
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II. a man, brave man, hero, general, leader, chief; vir, pŭgil, vir fortis, dux Eorlas on cýþþe
men in the country.
- Andr. Kmbl. 1467 ;
- An. 735 .
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Him se Ebrisca eorl wísade
the Hebrew man [Lot] directed them.
- Cd. 112 ;
- Th. 147, 24;
- Gen. 2444 .
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Ða eorlas þrý,
nom. pl. the three men,
- 95 ;
- Th. 123, 16;
- Gen. 2045 .
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Eorlas wénaþ
men think,
- 86 ;
- Th. 109, 22;
- Gen. 1826 .
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Fór eorlum before the people, 98; Th. 129, 1; Gen. 2137. þegna and eorla
of thanes and earls,
- Bt. Met. Fox 25, 15 ;
- Met. 25, 8.
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Geared gumum gold brittade, se eorl wæs æðele
Jared dispensed gold to the people, the man was noble.
- Cd. 59 ;
- Th. 72, 5;
- Gen. 1182 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “EORL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9520.
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