Þrowendas

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Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Proto-Norse *þrōwendīʀ m pl, from Proto-Germanic *þrōwōną (“to grow, thrive, prosper”) +‎ *-ndz. Cognate with Old Norse þrǿndir, þrǿndr, Icelandic Þrændir and Norwegian trønder.

Noun[edit]

Þrōwendas m pl

  1. Thronds, Throwends; a Norwegian people inhabiting the area of modern Trøndelag.
    • 1898, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, page 1072:
      Mid Þyringum ic wæs and mid Þrowendum and mid Burgendum,
      With Thuringians I was and with Throwends and with Burgundians,

Declension[edit]

Declension of Þrowendas (strong nd-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative — Þrōwend, Þrōwende, Þrōwendas
accusative — Þrōwend, Þrōwende, Þrōwendas
genitive — Þrōwendra
dative — Þrōwendum

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: Throwends, Throwens (learned)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Þrowende”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 1072.
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