Þrowendas
See also: þrowendas
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
- 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]Strong nd-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Þrōwend, Þrōwende, Þrōwendas |
| accusative | — | Þrōwend, Þrōwende, Þrōwendas |
| genitive | — | Þrōwendra |
| dative | — | Þrōwendum |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- ^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Þrowende”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 1072.