Hareld

Definitions

  • Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
    • n Hareld hăr"ĕld (Zoöl) The long-tailed duck. See Old Squaw.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
    • n hareld A duck of the genus Harelda, more fully called northern hareld.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
    • n Hareld har′eld a genus of northern sea-ducks.
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Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Norw. havella—hav, sea.

Usage

In literature:

The Danish king Bergsecg and five jarls, the two Sidrocs, Osbearn, Frene, and Hareld, were slain, and many thousands of their followers.
"The Dragon and the Raven" by G. A. Henty
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