 Being named a "hound" or "dog" was by no means an insult in pre-Christian Germanic culture, but that the animal was rather a symbol of the warrior, while in Christian Germanic culture, it became associated with heathendom, "heathen hounds" being an appellation especially of the pagan Vikings (cf.Ulfhednar).The name of Lamicho, king of the Lombards, may mean "little barker" (Harris 2004).