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A housecarl (Old Norse: húskarl; Old English: huscarl) was a non-servile manservant or household bodyguard in medieval Northern Europe. The institution...

recorded during the tenth century. n En En tan Danr Dan auk ok ok huskarl Húskarl Huskarl '     auk ok ok sua(i)n Sveinn Svæinn '     l(i)tu létu letu rita...

for karls were bonde or simply free men. Similar classes were churls and huskarls. The jarls were the aristocracy of Viking society. They were wealthy and...

referred to as Comitatus. Mannerbund Anglo-Saxon military organization Huskarl Druzhina Hird Comitatus Al-Haras Gabiniani Somatophylakes Maryannu Varangian...

brother Robert Curthose, both in the summer of 1101 and in autumn 1102. Huskarl Druzhina Hird Comitatus Varangian Guard German Guard Thingmen Lund, Niels...

in the following example, the Lingsberg Runestone U 241: And Danr and Húskarl and Sveinn had the stone erected in memory of Ulfríkr, their father's father...

The surname Huscaille, first attested in 1263, probably derives from húskarl, but is late evidence for the existence of a hirð in the 10th century....

in memory of a warrior who served Cnut. England portal History portal Huskarl Druzhina Hird Comitatus Varangian Guard German Guard Leidang Pritsak 1981:410...

×   huskarl huskarl ×   hans hans. ×   × inka × lit × raisa × staina × auk × bro × kiara × eftiʀ × raknfast × bont×a sin × asur × uaʀ × huskarl × hans...

inscriptions suggest a strong similarity between heimþegar and the Old Norse term húskarl (literally, "house man"), or housecarl. Like housecarls, heimþegar are...

inscriptions suggest a strong similarity between heimþegar and the Old Norse term húskarl (literally, "house man"), or housecarl. Like housecarls, heimþegar are...

England. It is carved in runestone style Pr3. n En tan Dan auk ok huskarl Huskarl '   auk ok sua(i)n Svæinn '   l(i)tu letu rita retta stin stæin aftiʀ...

administrator under the King. He was usually of non-aristocratic origin. huskarl housecarl Élite infantry. hauld hold Farmer whose family had possessed...

Anglo-Saxon military organization Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary) Gesith Huskarl Druzhina Varangian Guard German Guard Leidang Fyrd Thingmen Secret society...

New historical units were included with the expansion pack, such as the huskarls. Medieval: Total War: Viking Invasion brought several enhancements that...

arrived at Old Uppsala, he surrounded the hall of Blot-Sweyn with his húskarls and set the hall on fire, slaying the king as he escaped from the burning...

military organization Comitatus Druzhina Fyrd Gabiniani German Guard Hird Huskarl Rashidun army Leidang Mannerbund Maryannu Mesedi Somatophylakes Thingmen...

  i(f)tiʀ æftiʀ ×   iru Hæru(?), ×   faþur faður sin sinn, ×   uskarl huskarl ×   sifruþaʀ Sigrøðaʀ. ulmi × lit × risa × stin × þina × uk × bru þisi...

inscriptions suggest a strong similarity between heimþegar and the Old Norse term húskarl (literally, "house man"), or housecarl. Like housecarls, heimþegar are...

form setesvein is predominant in both languages. In general, a svein or a huskarl (housecarl) was a page residing at a court, whilst a setesvein was attached...