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Harold1 definition

Har·old (har′əld)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Hal

Etymology: OE Hereweald & Harald < ON Haraldr, both < Gmc *Hariwald, lit., army chief < *harja-, army (OE here, OHG heri) + *waldan, to rule: see wield

Harold2 definition

Har·old (har′əld)

  1. died 1040; king of England (1035-40): son of Canute
    called Harold Harefoot Harold Hare′·foot′ (her′fo̵ot′)
  2. 1022?-66; last Saxon king of England (1066): killed in the Battle of Hastings

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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