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Definition of Harefoot
1. Noun. Illegitimate son of Canute who seized the throne of England in 1037 (died in 1040).
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain
Definition of Harefoot
1. n. A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs.
Medical Definition of Harefoot
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Harefoot
Literary usage of Harefoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Harold harefoot succeeded him; then Hardy Canute. 1 Harold harefoot. AD 1036.
1 Hardy Canute. AD 1040. Two of his sons succeeded him, more known by their ..."
2. The Conquest of England by John Richard Green (1884)
"... Harald—" harefoot," as he was called for his swiftness of foot—who, Dane as
he was, at any rate represented an England separate from Denmark, ..."
3. A History of England and the British Empire by Arthur Donald Innes (1913)
"Curiously enough, then, when Knut died in 1036 the English witan elected Harold
harefoot. Sweyn died; but Earl Godwin sided with Knut's widow Emma in ..."
4. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"... and England to HAROLD harefoot. Of the latter, the Peterborough text of the
Chronicle says: " Some men said that Harold was son of King Canute and ..."
5. The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest by Thomas Hodgkin (1906)
"... and England to HAROLD harefoot. Of the latter, the Peterborough text of the
Chronicle says: " Some men said that Harold was son of King Canute and ..."
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