 Herløv is derived from the Old Norse word ""Herrlof"", meaning ""praise gained in war"" or ""a sign of victory, a trophy"".The first syllable ""her"", meaning "army", comes from the Old Norse word for army, ""herr"", or its Old English equivalent, ""here"".Both words and their meaning exist today in Danish and Norwegian as, ""hær"", and in Swedish as ""här""; all three languages are derived from Old Norse.