Social Status
In Viking tribes, there were four levels in their society. Kings, Jarls, Karls, and Thralls. As you can guess, the King was the ruler and owner of the land. A Jarl was the highest nobleman under the King and was given territory by the King to rule. Most of the Viking population was made up of Karls. These were the free people farmers, traders, and builders who were able to own land as well. The Thralls were the slaves.
Social Status
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Wordsmiths
Some of the words we use today in the English language stem from Old Norse that the Vikings used. Words like ginger, skull, hell, ugly, weak, husband, wife, cake, freckles, and slaughter all come from the Norse language originally.
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