Lexicographical Neighbors of Jarldom
Literary usage of Jarldom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State by Tudor J. R., John Horne, William Irvine Fortescue, Peter White, Benjamin Nieve Peach (1883)
"... that is on viking expeditions, before he was fifteen years old; how Einar and
Thorfinn from time to time fell out about the division of the jarldom and ..."
2. Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland by David Balfour (1859)
"At his death, his jarldom and its rights were divided, compromised or contested
by his heirs, till but one or two remained to enjoy the impoverished ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1836)
"Hereupon Hal- lad Jarl grew weary of his islands, laid down his jarldom, and
returned to Norway. When Ragnvald Jarl heard this, he was wrath at ..."
4. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1884)
"Though the tenure of the jarldom was conditional on ... On Sigurd's death the
jarldom reverted to the descendants of ..."
5. A History of Moray and Nairn by Charles Joseph Galliari Rampini (1897)
"brothers of the first family died,—for Sigurd was a widower when he married King
Malcolm's daughter,—he succeeded to the jarldom of Orkney and Shetland. ..."
6. The Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, and Customs of the Ancestors of by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1890)
"The chief Kalf Arnason, who had been the leader in the battle against Olaf, had
been promised by Knut jarldom over the whole of Norway, ..."
7. Scandinavian Britain by William Gershom Collingwood, Frederick York Powell (1908)
"of the jarldom. For eight years there was peace between the two jarls; after the
sea-fight off Rauda- bjorg (1045) Ragnvald fled to Norway, and returning ..."
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