There were three kinds of Viking: thralls, karls and jarls. Thralls were the slaves. They were owned by karls and jarls.
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Jarl
//jɑɹl̩//
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13 translations across 13 languages.
Danish
1 entries- jarl noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Faroese
1 entries- jallur noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Finnish
1 entries- jaarli noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
German
1 entries- Jarl noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Icelandic
1 entries- jarl noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Marathi
1 entries- यार्ल noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- jarl noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- jarl noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Old Norse
1 entries- jarl noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Polish
1 entries- jarl noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Proto-Norse
1 entries- ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Russian
1 entries- ярл noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
Swedish
1 entries- jarl noun (medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark)
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