Throwends
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Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Old English Þrōwendas pl, from Proto-Germanic *þrōwōną (“to grow, prosper”) + *-ndz. Compare Proto-Norse *þrōwendīʀ pl, whence Old Norse þrǿndir, þrǿndr. Cognate with Norwegian trønder, Icelandic Þrændir and German Drönter.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Throwends pl
- The people of Trøndelag
- Synonym: Thronds
- 1908, W. G. Collingwood, Scandinavian Britain (Early Britain), London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, page 18:
- 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.
- 1892, Frederick York Powell, “Teutonic Heathendom”, in Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative Religion, page 281:
- Frey and Tew were the chief gods of the Swedes and Franks, Thunder (Thórr) of the Reams and Throwends in West Norway.
- 1882, Edwin Guest, “The Traveller’s Song”, in A History of English Rhythms, page 381:
- With the Thyrings I was, and with the Throwends,
And with the Burgends—there I a beigh got,
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Related terms[edit]
- Throwend (male given name)
Translations[edit]
people of Trøndelag
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