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JARL
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element probably derived from EIR [1]
Ancient Germanic
*erilaz = 'highborn', 'noble man' [2]
*erlaz = 'highborn', 'noble man' [2]
Proto-Norse
*erilaR = 'highborn', 'noble man' [3]
*erilaR = 'chief', 'earl' [3]
*erlaR = 'chief', 'earl' [4]
Old Norse
jarl = 'highborn', 'noble man' [3] [5] [2] [6]
jarl = 'chief', 'earl' [3] [5]
Old Saxon
erl = 'highborn', 'noble man' [2]
Anglo-Saxon
eorl = 'highborn', 'noble man' [2]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| Banke | see Iarla-Banki (Norse) |
| BORG | see Jarlbjørg (Norse) |
| DIS | see Jarldis (Norse) |
| FRID | see Erlfriede (German) |
| FRÍÐ | see Jarlfrid (Norse) |
| GRIM | see Jallgrímur (Norse) |
| ING | see Ingjarl (Norse) |
| LAUG | see Jarlaug (Norse) |
| LEIF | see Jarleif (Norse) |
| LI | see Jarly (Norse) |
| STEIN | see Jarlstein (Norse) |
| ÞRUÐ | see Erltraud (German) |
First Element Forms
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)