"Harefoot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... we begin after the Conquest, for the simple reason that there were no surnames before. Occasionally an important person has come down in history with a nickname, e.g. Edmund Iron-side, Harold Harefoot, Edward the Confessor; but this is exceptional, and the Anglo-Saxon, as a rule, was satisfied with one name. It is probable that very many of the names in use before the Conquest, whether of English or Scandinavian origin, were chosen because of their etymological meaning, e.g. that the ...
— The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley
... the vagrant, to whom as we small have the pleasure of introducing him again, we think it may be well to give the name of Harefoot,—"Aye! old gentleman, and might one ask where this estate ...
— Shanty the Blacksmith; A Tale of Other Times • Mrs. Sherwood [AKA: Mrs. Mary Martha Sherwood]
... a swift sprinter, and was called "Harefoot" by those who were intimate enough to exchange calls ...
— Comic History of England • Bill Nye
... him. Crowned or uncrowned, with the Archbishop's leave or without it, he was King for four years: after which short reign he died, and was buried; having never done much in life but go a hunting. He was such a fast runner at this, his favourite sport, that the people called him Harold Harefoot. ...
— A Child's History of England • Charles Dickens
... ("Notes and Illustrations to Robin Hood," i. 62) observes correctly that Fitzwater confounds one man with another, and that Harold Harefoot was the son and successor of Canute ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VIII (4th edition) • Various |
