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Harold

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Harold, Harald, es; m.
Harold, second son of Cnut
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  • Hér man geceás Harald ofer eall tó cinge and forsóc Harðacnut

    in this year Harold was chosen everywhere king, and Hardacnut was renounced,

      Chr. 1037; Erl. 166, 4.

  • Hér forþférde Harold cyng on Oxnaforda

    in this year king Harold died at Oxford,

      1039; Erl. 167, 12.
Harold, son of earl Godwin
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  • Hér forþférde Eádward king and Harold eorl féng tó ðam ríce and heóld hit xl wucena and ǽnne dæg

    in this year departed king Edward and earl Harold came to the throne and held it forty weeks and one day,

      1066; Erl. 198, 1.

  • Ðǽr wearþ ofslægen Harold kyng

    there was king Harold slain,

      202, 10.
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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. https://bosworthtoller.com/18195.

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