Re: The etymology of herold

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 65708
Date: 2010-01-20

At 6:42:13 PM on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, Torsten wrote:

> What do you think of this one?
> de Vries
> 'Haraldr m. PN. ( < urn. *hariawaldaR),

<Haraldr> is the only ON *xarja- name that doesn't show
i-umlaut; it's thought to have been borrowed from the
Merovingian Franks after i-umlaut had already taken place.

Brian