See erl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"plural"
]
},
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"form": "erle",
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]
},
{
"form": "ȝierl",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "erille",
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"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "eryl",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝerle",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝorle",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "yerl",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "eorl",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "url",
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]
}
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"A great noble subordinate to a king or duke; a count or earl:",
"An early medieval Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Norse magnate (subordinate to the king)."
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"duke",
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"count",
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"earl",
"earl"
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[
"medieval",
"medieval"
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[
"Anglo-Saxon",
"Anglo-Saxon"
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[
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"magnate"
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"A great noble subordinate to a king or duke; a count or earl:",
"An earl; the English equivalent to a count under the king or (later) a duke."
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[
"noble",
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"king",
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[
"duke",
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"count",
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"earl",
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}
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"A partner; one who accompanies another."
],
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"partner",
"partner"
],
[
"another",
"another"
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],
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"(rare) A partner; one who accompanies another."
],
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"rare"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/eːrl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛːrl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛrl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jeːrl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɛːrl/",
"note": "with prothesis"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈeːrəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛːrəl/",
"note": "with epenthesis"
}
],
"word": "erl"
}
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Nobility",
"enm:People"
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"word": "erldom"
},
{
"word": "erl marschal"
}
],
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"word": "earl"
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"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
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"expansion": "Old English eorl",
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},
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},
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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},
"expansion": "Old Swedish iærl",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-oda",
"2": "ierl"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish ierl",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "erles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "erle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝierl",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "eerl",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "erille",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "eryl",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝerle",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝorle",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "yerl",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "eorl",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "url",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "enm",
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"An early medieval Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Norse magnate (subordinate to the king)."
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"great",
"great"
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[
"noble",
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[
"king",
"king"
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"duke",
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"earl",
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"another",
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"(rare) A partner; one who accompanies another."
],
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eːrl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛːrl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛrl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jeːrl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɛːrl/",
"note": "with prothesis"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈeːrəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛːrəl/",
"note": "with epenthesis"
}
],
"word": "erl"
}
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