JARL

Etymology

Noun

jarl (plural jarls)

(historical) A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.

Source: Wiktionary


Jarl, n. Etym: [Icel., nobleman, chief. See Earl.]

Definition: A chief; an earl; in English history, one of the leaders in the Danish and Norse invasions. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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