Throwend

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proper noun

A male given name, equivalent to Old Norse Þróndr.

OriginOld Norse Þróndr ← Old English Þrōwendas →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name, equivalent to Old Norse Þróndr.

    4. There was a man called Throwend Slim-leg. He went out to Iceland with Gar-mund Hell-skin. His race came out of Agd. Throwend took in settlement the islands to the west of Bearney-floe, and dwelt at Flat-ey.

    1905, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Origines Islandicae, page 89

Origin

  1. Old EnglishÞrōwendas
  2. Old NorseÞróndr
  3. EnglishThrowend

Calque of Old Norse Þróndr, based on Throwends, from Old English Þrōwendas.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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