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Hearding
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Old English
Etymology
From Old English ang hearding brave man, hero. Suffixed with ang -ing. The first element may either be ang heard hard or ang heord, ang hād hair, from ang gem-pro *hazdaz hair. For the latter compare non haddingjar, la Hasdingi.
Pronunciation
Hearding
Proper noun
m
ang male
Declension
Hearding sg
References
Liber Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis: Nec Non Obituaria Duo Ejusdem Ecclesiae (Durham Liber Vitae) page 22, line 8, recorded as "Heardingus".