Hereward
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English here (“army”) + weard (“guard”).
Proper noun
[edit]Hereward
- A male given name from Old English of mostly historical use.
- 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 3, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 94:
- Look at me, dread me! I am the Hereward. [Footnote: “Guardian of the army”]
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hereward the Wake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia