Eorl

Wyrd oft nereth unfaegne eorl, ponne his ellen deah. ❋ Jan (2008)

Maybe it's intended to reflect a real or imagined class difference, with the ceorl class cast as hobbits and the eorl class cast as Rohirric warriors. ❋ Carla (2007)

Welund him be wurman wræces cunnade, anhydig eorl earfoþa dreag, hæfde him to gesiþþe sorge ond longaþ, wintercealde wræce; wean oft onfond, siþþan hine Niðhad on nede legde, swoncre seonobende on syllan monn. ❋ Heo (2006)

Þa hi ne leng ne muhten þolen þa stali hi ut ⁊ flugen. ⁊ hi wurthen war wid {} uten ⁊ folecheden heo {m}. ⁊ namen Rodb {er} t eorl of glouc {estre}. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)

Will {el} m eorl of Albamar þe þe king adde beteht euorwic ⁊ to other æuez men mid fæumen ⁊ fuhten wid heo {m}. ⁊ fle {m} den þe king æt te Standard. ⁊ sloghen suithe micel of his genge. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)

+Þ+e eorl and þe eþelyng. ibureþ vnder gódne. king. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)

Þa þe king was ded. þa was þe eorl  {195} beionde sæ. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)

Þis ⁊ te othre foruuardes  {185} þet hi makeden. suoren to halden þe king ⁊ te eorl ⁊ te b {iscopes} & te eorles ⁊ ricemen alle. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)

Þa was þe eorl under {} fangen æt Wincestre ⁊ æt lundene mid micel wurtscipe. ⁊ alle diden hi {m} manred. ⁊ suoren þe pais to halden. ⁊ hit ward sone suythe god pais. sua ð neure was here. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)

Already in Æthelberht's legislation we find characteristic fines inflicted for breach of the peace of householders of different ranks -- the ceorl, the eorl, and the king himself appearing as the most exalted among them. ❋ Various (N/A)

The eorl and ceorl were the great distinctive appellations of noble and ignoble descent: none were or are admitted, it will be seen, to any important office in the coronation ceremonies but the former class. ❋ Giles Gossip (N/A)

Þær eft {er} scæ ferde ouer sæ. ⁊ hi of normandi wenden alle fra þe king. to þe eorl of Angæu. sume here þankes ⁊ sume here unþankes. for he be {} sæt heo {m} til hi aiauen up here castles. ⁊ hi nan helpe ne hæfden of þe k {inge}. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)

He represents, in short, the best phase of the old feudal baron, or rather of the Saxon eorl, exercising a paternal and beneficient supervision over all who reside within the limits of his authority. ❋ William Ferneley Allen (N/A)

Probably they sought the protection of some thane, or _eorl_, with his band of warriors, who could save their lands from pillage. ❋ Unknown (1892)

Saxon society was divided into two main divisions, the _eorl_ and the ❋ Unknown (1892)

Heht þā þæt heaðo-weorc tō hagan bīodan up ofer ēg-clif, þǣr þæt eorl-weorod ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

Þā se eorl ongeat, þæt hē in nið-sele nāt-hwylcum wæs, ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

Hē frætwe gehēold fela missēra, bill and byrnan, oð þæt his byre mihte eorl-scipe efnan, swā his ǣr-fæder; geaf him þā mid Gēatum gūð-gewǣda ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)