Þróndr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• Þrándr

Etymology

According to Otterbjörk, originally a byname, from þróndr (“man from Trøndelag (a region in Norway)”). According to Vågslid, from the stem of the Old Norse verb þróask (“to prosper”).

Proper noun

Þróndr m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Throwend
   • 1905, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Origines Islandicae, page 89:

     Maðr hét Þróndr Mió-beinn; hann for til Íslannz með Geirmunde Hjeljar-skinne; hann var ættaðr af Ogðom. Þróndr nam eyjar fyr vestan Biarneyja-floa, ok bió í Flatey.

     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.

Descendants

• Icelandic: Þrándur
• Faroese: Tróndur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Trond, Trånd
• Norwegian Bokmål: Trond, Trånd
• Old Swedish: Thrōnd
  • Swedish: Trond
• Old Danish: Thrōnd
  • Danish: Trond