Harold

See also: härold

English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *Harjawaldaz, equivalent to Old English here (“army”) + weald (“ruler”).

Proper noun

Harold (plural Harolds)

A male given name.
- 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.
- 1984 Ruth Rendell: The Killing Doll Pantheon Books →ISBN page 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

Translations

male given name

Danish: Harald
French: Hérault (fr) m
German: Harald (de)
Greenlandic: Aaralaat

Irish: Aralt m
Latvian: Haralds m
Norwegian: Harald (no)
Swedish: Harald (sv)

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Harold (plural Harolds)

A particular format of improvised theater.

Anagrams

holard

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