Harold

Harold

See also: härold

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Harold (plural Harolds)

1. 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

• Haroldian
• Harry

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

• Hereward
• Harvard

Noun

Harold (plural Harolds)

1. A particular format of improvised theater.

Anagrams

• holard