![]() ![]() It is from this group that the family name Harding emerges. Introduction of the name into the British Isles this extract is probably notįierce sea faring nation, acquired settlements in the 9th century at the OF THE DISTINGUISHED SURNAME HARDING", FROM THE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD, Instead of ikke (“not”): Dai fann ikkje sildæ : “you didn’t find any herring”. “Dai” is used instead of De (“You”), fann is used ĭialect of Norwegian still spoken in Hardanger/ Hordaland. Download this "wonderful piece" and visit Karin Code's web site. The Harding fiddle (Harding fele or “ Hardanger Fiddle”) hasįamous as Stave Churches and Viking Ships", and one of its famous exponents is Hallvard T Bjørgum. ![]() Qui est dur, solide, fort » - attesté en Normandie dans Guessed it, in Kinsarvik! “ i vakre Hardanger – in beautifulĪnd there are some connections with another Scandinavian group - the Normans: And for footieįans there is even a Harding Soccer Team, where?. Sounds like a great place of pilgrimage for the Harding clan. Kinsarvik, (with promotional video for Hardangertun) and the excellent Harding Motell/ Hyttetun For another version of the saga visit the Kinsarvik page. Harding returning safely to Kinsarvik, Hardanger. The invaders as they were looking for a white ship. Then they set sail and made their escape but with the black side of the ship The prison tower and switched the king with an old man dressed like the king. When they approached the English shore they did so with The Hardings painted one side of the ship white and "The Harding ship") to set sail to England and set their King free. TheyĮquipped a Viking ship, called Hardinggeita (lit. The Hardings liked their King and decided to rescue him. During a crusade to eastern England inĩ00ad King Harding was captured by the English and put in a prison tower. King Harding ruled Hardanger in the time of the Vikings (c.900ad) and lived in Have their own saga about him (recalled here by Tor Instanes): Walls of this boat house still exist today). He apparently lived in the village of Kinsarvik, which now has theīut in Viking times it had a boat house which held King Harding's ships (the In Viking times and before Harald Harfagre had tried to unite Norway at the end of the 9thĬentury, Hardanger was a separate kingdom ruled by " Haddings" and their legendary leader Hadding is protected by both Thor and Odin. The nameĪlso appears in Nordic/Teutonic mythology: in Icelandic literature they are the Hearding, Hadding, Herdan, Herden, Herdene. Peninsula, who under pressure of expanding groups around them moved to Horderland/ Hardanger area whereĪncient forms: Harding, Hardinge, Hartung, Both groups may have originated from the same source – the Charudes of the Jutland Were recorded in the Anglo Saxon Rune Poem as the Germanic warrior tribe " Heardingas". The other as Danish/Angle hordes where they People from this area is known as Hardingmål. People are still called " Hardings" or “ Hardinger” (Viking Linked, one from Norway - the Hardanger Fjord, where There seems to be two sources which may be It appears to be an old Nordic/Teutonic term for "tough guy"Īnd Norway. ![]() (and download) Erling address the Hardinger. Welcome to my “Harding” page, I hope you like it!Īddress the Hardinger at a meeting of the Thing assembly.įrom the 2005 Rygekongen Festival, Hafrsfjord, 2005. Hello, I am Steve Harding, a Harding from Wirral in north-west England: A cross-country skier would for example be a The name is also used in NorwayĪnd Sweden (as Hårding - pronounced as " Hawding" - or Hardingz) to People who come from the Hardanger fjord area, and their dialect is Is a Germanic or Anglo-Scandinavian name, and is still used in Norway today for Origin of the Harding name – and the “ Hardinger” ![]()
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