jarl's Usage Examples:

The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form jarl, and meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory.

The Earl of Orkney was originally a Norse jarl ruling the archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland (Norðreyjar).

using normalized orthography, he is most commonly Eiríkr jarl ("Earl Eric") or Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson, but sometimes as Eirekr.

families, such as the House of Stenkil and House of Bjelbo, held the title of jarl before their accession to the throne.

Slaget vid Nesjar och "Sven jarl Håkonsson".

King Sverker appointed his son as nominal jarl in order to strengthen his own ruling powers.

Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings.