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Harefoot   Listen
noun
Harefoot  n.  
1.
(Zool.) A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; said of dogs.
2.
(Bot.) A tree (Ochroma Lagopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot.
Harefoot clover (Bot.), a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with soft and silky heads.





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"Harefoot" Quotes from Famous Books



... ladder as a charge upon the shield or coat of this family. Cane would at first sight appear to be a designation borrowed from the animal of that name. There would be parallels enough in Italy and elsewhere, as the Ursini, Lewis the Lion (VIII. of France), our own Coeur de Lion, and Harold Harefoot. Dante, too, refers to him under the name "Il Veltro," Inferno, canto 1. l. 101. But Joseph Scaliger, in the letter to which I referred before, gives the ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 • Various
... 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


Words linked to "Harefoot" :   Harold I, Harold Harefoot, King of England, King Harold I


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