huscarl

English

Noun

huscarl (plural huscarls)

1. Alternative form of housecarl

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse húskarl, equivalent to hūs (“house”) +‎ ċeorl (“man”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuːsˌkɑrl/, [ˈhuːsˌkɑrˠl]

Noun

hūscarl m

1. member of a king's bodyguard

Descendants

• English: housecarl

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hús-carl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.