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Old English · proper noun

Þrowendas

Part of speech
proper noun, masculine
Declension
strong nd-stem
Modern English
throwendsthrondsthrowensndelagtrinhabitingnorwegian

Meaning

  1. Thronds, Throwends; a Norwegian people inhabiting the area of modern Trøndelag.

    Mid Þyringum ic wæs and mid Þrowendum and mid Burgendum,

    With Thuringians I was and with Throwends and with Burgundians,

    1898, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, page 1072:

Declension

Declension of Þrowendas
Plural
Nominative ÞrōwendÞrōwendeÞrōwendas
Accusative ÞrōwendÞrōwendeÞrōwendas
Genitive Þrōwendra
Dative Þrōwendum

All forms (5)

Etymology

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.

Descendants

throwends, throwens

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