Harold
EigennameEigennamehäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈhæɹəld//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈhæɹəld//
- Schottland//ˈhaɾəld//
- //ˈhɛɹəld//
A male given name from Old English or Old Norse.
Eigenname
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A male given name from Old English or Old Norse.
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.
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.
Herkunft
From a merger of Old English Hereweald and Old English Harold (itself from Old Norse Haraldr), both from Proto-Germanic *Harjawaldaz, from *harjaz (“army”) + *waldaz (“ruler, authority”). Related to Walter, which has the elements reversed. Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish Harald, Faroese and Icelandic Haraldur.
Eigenname
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A particular format of improvised theatre, in which characters and themes are introduced and then recur in a series of connected scenes.
Herkunft
First performed by The Committee, a San Francisco improv group, in 1967. The name is said to have been jokingly suggested by one of the audience.
Formen
- Plural
- Harolds
Harold · A male given name from Old English or Old Norse.
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