erl

• erle, ȝierl
• eerl, erille, eryl, ȝerle, ȝorle, yerl (Late Middle English)
• eorl, url (Southern, West Midland)

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

• IPA^(key): /eːrl/, /ɛːrl/, /ɛrl/
• IPA^(key): /jeːrl/, /jɛːrl/ (with prothesis)
• IPA^(key): /ˈeːrəl/, /ˈɛːrəl/ (with epenthesis)

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
• Middle Scots: erle, erll, ȝerle
  • 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