huscarl

== English == === Noun === huscarl (plural huscarls) Alternative form of housecarl. == Old English == === Etymology === From Old Norse húskarl, equivalent to hūs (“house”) +‎ ċeorl (“man”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxuːsˌkɑrl/, [ˈhuːsˌkɑrˠl] === Noun === hūscarl m member of a king's bodyguard ==== Descendants ==== English: housecarl === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hús-carl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.