Talk:Charudes

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Anyone got an etymology for this? It probably is not "the hard men" or "the tough guys" because if the Horder are the Charudes, we have to account for the presence of the u, which was never there in the etymology of "hard."

Citations

"Whether the Horder arrived in Norway in more remote prehistoric times or intruded there in the age of Germanic migrations, the name goes on to acquire a conspicuous pedigree. As an ethnic name it changes to Hardingar, which also becomes a family name, Harding. In the 9th century, King Harding rules over the independent kingdom of Hardanger. Vikings depart from there to the Danelaw in Anglo-Saxon Britain via Scotland. Their Anglo-Saxon name is Heardingas. From Hardanger they also sail to Iceland, where they became the Haddings. In German mythology, the name is Hartung. And finally, the name comes into the modern English-speaking world as Harding."

I believe the whole section above is out of place without citations. Slight resemblance between names does not mean they share a common background.St12357 (talk) 10:02, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]