earle

See also: Earle

English

Noun

earle (plural earles)

1. Archaic spelling of earl.

Anagrams

• Arele, Reale, areel

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English erl, from Old English eorl, from Proto-West Germanic *erl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːɫ/

Noun

earle

1. earl
   • 1867, “Prologue”, in CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114:

     To's Excellencie Constantine Harrie Phipps, y' Earle Mulgrave, Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland.

     To his Excellency, Constantine Henry Phipps, Earl Mulgrave, Lord Lieutenant-General, and Gereral Governor of Ireland.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114