Definition of "eorl" [eorl]

• The Anglo-Saxon form of earl. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Wyrd oft nereth unfaegne eorl, ponne his ellen deah."
• "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."
• "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."