erl

• ærl, eerl, eorl, erle, eryl, ȝerle, ȝierl, yerl

Inherited from Old English eorl, from Proto-West Germanic *erl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz. Cognate to Old Swedish iærl, Old Danish ierl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrl/, /ˈɛːrl/, /ˈjɛrl/, /ˈɛrəl/

erl (plural erles)

1. A great noble subordinate to a king or duke; a count or earl:
   1. An early medieval Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Norse magnate (subordinate to the king).
   2. An earl; the English equivalent to a count under the king or (later) a duke.
2. (rare) A partner; one who accompanies another.

• erldom
• erl marschal

• English: earl
• Scots: yerl, yarl (merged with Old Norse jarl)
• Yola: earle

• “ē̆rl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 December 2018.

From Proto-Germanic *erlaz.

erl m

1. earl, man