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The term jarl (Old Norse: jarl, Old Swedish: iarl, iærl, Old Danish: jærl) has been connected to various similar words across Germanic languages, such as Proto-Norse eril, Old English eorl (meaning warrior, hero, or chieftain, related to modern English earl), Old Saxon erl (man, nobleman), and Old High German erl-in personal names such as Erlaberaht.
Division of Norway ca. 930 AD. The orange area is the domain the earls of Møre. The Earls of Møre (Old Norse: Jarlar á Mœri) were a dynasty of powerful noblemen in Norway dating to the unification of Norway in the 9th century. The first earl of Møre was Rognvald Eysteinsson, a close friend and ally of King Harald I of Norway.
Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 865) was the founding Jarl (or Earl) of Møre in Norway, and a close relative and ally of Harald Fairhair, the earliest known King of Norway.In the Norse language he is known as Rǫgnvaldr Eysteinsson (Mǿrajarl) and in modern Norwegian as Ragnvald Mørejarl.
Jarle Andhøy (born October 23, 1977) is a Norwegian adventurer and sailing skipper.. He has undertaken a number of controversial voyages, [1] primarily to the polar regions. He is most renowned for his voyages together with Alex Rosén (Norwegian comedian/presenter/musician) in the 27-foot Albin Vega sailing vessel Berserk to Svalbard and Russia, since these voyages became the subject of the ...
Rognvald Eysteinsson, Jarl of Møre fl. 865–890 [a] [5] [6] [7] is sometimes credited with being the founder of the jarldom. By implication the Orkneyinga saga identifies him as such for he is given "dominion" over Orkney and Shetland by King Harald Finehair, although there is no concrete suggestion he ever held the title.
Haakon Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Hákon Sigurðarson [ˈhɑːˌkon ˈsiɣˌurðɑz̠ˌson], Norwegian: Håkon Sigurdsson; c. 937–995), known as Haakon Jarl (Old Norse: Hákon jarl), was the de facto ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995.
Nyland speaks Norwegian fluently with a native accent, having spent most of his youth in Norway, and Bodø from where he got his regional dialect. He rarely speaks Norwegian in his videos. He also speaks fluent Thai especially Northern Thai language and publish some Thai-language videos in his YouTube subchannel Teslabjorn Thai but he can't ...
Rögnvald remained in Norway as one of the leading men of King Harald Gille. Rögnvald was hailed as jarl in 1136. St Magnus Cathedral. In 1137, Rögnvald initiated the building of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney. Rögnvald also served as a guardian to Harald Maddadsson, the five-year-old nephew of Paul Haakonsson. In 1138 Rögnvald ...