![]() "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
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