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housecarl Hist.|ˈhaʊskɑːl|
Forms: 1 húscarl, -karl(l, 7–9 hus-, housecarle, 9 hus-, housecarl.
[Late OE. húscarl, a. ON. húskarl manservant, pl. king's men, body-guard, f. ON. hús house + karl man: see carl.]
A member of the body-guard or household troops of a (Danish or late Old English) king or noble.
10..O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1036 Þæt ælfᵹifu, Hardacnutes modor, sæte on Winceastre, mid þæs cynges huscarlum hyra suna. a1066Charter of Eadweard in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 202 Swa ðurstan min huskarll hit furmest of me heold. a1125O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1070 Þa comen into Eliᵹ Xp̄istien þa Densce bisceop..and þa Densca hus carles mid heom. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 576 They had slaine his Huscarles. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. vi. Wks. (1851) 272 Hardecnute sending his Housecarles, so they call'd his Officers, to gather the Tribute impos'd. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. I. App. i. 97 He summoned from all parts his huscarles or houseceorles and retainers. 1870Freeman Norm. Conq. (ed. 2) I. vi. 440 Cnut now organized a regular paid force..These were the famous Thingmen, the Housecarls. Ibid. 441 The Housecarls were in fact a standing army. 1873Edith Thompson Hist. Eng. vii. 26 The thanes and house-carls were slaughtered almost to a man around their fallen standard. |