Harold

härold HAROLD English Pronunciation en /ˈhæɹəld/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Harold.wav Southern England en /ˈhæɹəld/ GA,nMmmm en /ˈhɛɹəld/ GA,Mmmm en /ˈhaɾəld/ Scotland,Wales en herald Mmmm Etymology 1 en ine-pro *ker- *h₂welh₁- rule From a merger of en ang Hereweald and en ang Harold (itself from en non Haraldr),Bosworth, Joseph. “Harold.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. both from en gem-pro *Harjawaldaz, from gem-pro *harjaz *waldaz army ruler, authority 1. Related to en Walter, which has the elements reversed. Cognate with da,nn,sv Harald, fo,is Haraldur. Proper noun s en male Old English,Old Norse. en 1882 Alfred Tennyson The Promise of May For I have heard the Steers / Had land in Saxon times; and your own name / Of Harold sounds so English and so old / I am sure you must be proud of it. en 1984 Ruth Rendell The Killing Doll Pantheon Books 0394530977 42 She called her husband Hal because no one else had ever done so and it had a dashing ring, rather out of keeping with Harold's appearance. Derived terms en Ewyas Harold Harold Holt Haroldian Harold Wood Harolds Cross Harry Staunton Harold Translations male given name Bengali: bn হ্যারল্ড haerôlḍ Bulgarian: bg Ха́ролд m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哈羅德 Danish: da Harald French: fr Hérault m Galician: gl Arvaldo m Georgian: ka ჰარალდი, ka ჰაროლდი German: de Harald Greek: el Χάρολντ, el Χαρόλδος m Greenlandic: kl Aaralaat Irish: ga Aralt m Latvian: lv Haralds m Norwegian: no Harald Russian: ru Га́рольд m, ru Ха́рольд m Spanish: es Haroldo Swedish: sv Harald See also en Hereward en Harvard Etymology 2 First performed by The Committee, a San Francisco improv group, in 1967. The name is said to have been jokingly suggested by one of the audience. Proper noun + (improvisation) A particular format of improvised theatre, in which characters and themes are introduced and then recur in a series of connected scenes. References Anagrams en adhlor holard hordal Old English Etymology From ang non Haraldr, from ang gem-pro *Harjawaldaz, from gem-pro *harjaz *waldaz army ruler, authority 1, equivalent to ang here weald. Doublet of native ang Hereweald. Proper noun m ang male Descendants en Harold