Throwends

alternative Throwens

1. pluralThe people of Trøndelag

   With the Thyrings I was, and with the Throwends, And with the Burgends—there I a beigh got,

   1882, Edwin Guest, “The Traveller’s Song”, in A History of English Rhythms, page 381

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   Through North Mere pierces the great inland sea of the Throwends, with its numerous creeks and headlands, such as Agda-ness, Nith’s oyce or Nidaros, Frosta the mootstead of the Throwends, each notable from some event in Norwegian history.

   1908, W. G. Collingwood, Scandinavian Britain (Early Britain), London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, page 18

   Frey and Tew were the chief gods of the Swedes and Franks, Thunder (Thórr) of the Reams and Throwends in West Norway.

   1892, Frederick York Powell, “Teutonic Heathendom”, in Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative Religion, page 281

   Synonyms: Thronds