Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name of mostly historical use.

Etymologies

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Old English here ("army") + weard ("guard").

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Examples

  • Finally, the book gives a detailed account of the career of Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile his more famous name Hereward the Wake does not appear until several centuries later, covering his part in the attack on Peterborough and the siege of Ely in 1071 and then dealing with his likely origins, parentage and earlier career.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Carla 2006

  • Finally, the book gives a detailed account of the career of Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile his more famous name Hereward the Wake does not appear until several centuries later, covering his part in the attack on Peterborough and the siege of Ely in 1071 and then dealing with his likely origins, parentage and earlier career.

    The English Resistance: The Underground War Against the Normans Carla 2006

  • You remember the scarlet toadstools in 'Hereward.'

    The House of Arden Edith 1923

  • "I am Hereward Leofricsson, whom his foes call Hereward the outlaw, and his friends Hereward the master of knights."

    Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847

  • "The stories that are told about him, however, had almost all been previously told, connected with the names of other outlaws such as Hereward and Fulke Fitz-Warin."

    A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

  • Kingsley's "Hereward," his pencil was laid down, and he was no more than twenty-five when he died.

    The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

  • You will remember that the agreement is for a minimum of 6000 words, and we must not fail in the performance of our part, Drake must take special care to have the "Hereward" message correct.

    South with Scott Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans 1918

  • 'Hereward' brought William alive for me, it truly did; and this Parkman book delights me.

    The Merryweathers Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

  • "Hereward," she cried, "just think how that man must be laughing at you!"

    The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Egerton Castle 1889

  • They caught Kingsley's fancy, and his "Hereward," though born on English soil, is really Norse -- not English.

    Essays in Little Andrew Lang 1878

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