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To: AnAmericanMother

Faulty mememor and folk etymology strikes me again. Yes OE and ON are very similar.

Wikipedia:
Harald III Sigurdsson (1015 – September 25, 1066), later surnamed Harald Hardråde (Old Norse: Haraldr harðráði, roughly translated as "Harald stern council" or "hard ruler")

Since I'm at it might as well correct something else, not Trygrvvson, but Harold Sigurdsson!


21 posted on 03/09/2007 12:56:45 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission (Hi lady with the pretty pictures!)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission; AnAmericanMother

Hello friends. Haraldr harðráði in old Icelandic means Harald Hard-buttocks. Yes, you've got that right. harðráði is a perjorative in some texts for a mean ruler and just as today it is in reference to a man's hind quarters.


41 posted on 03/09/2007 3:53:08 PM PST by Siobhan (Pray, pray, pray,)
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