Re: VOCABULARY AID: Basic and Additional Vocabulary (topics 1 - 10)

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> (In modern language, _karl_ means "man, bloke", not necessarily a free one.)
In OE we have a tripartite division of society: one may be an
_eorl_ 'nobleman', _ceorl_ 'freeman who is not noble', or _theow_
'thrall/bondsman'.  The last is lost; the two previous became "earl"
(partly under the influence of _jarl_) and "churl" respectively, with
pejoration of the latter.

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