Throwends

English

Alternative forms

• Throwens

Etymology

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈθrəʊ(ə)ndz/, [ˈθɹʷəʊ̯(ə)ndz]

Noun

Throwends pl

1. 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,

Derived terms

• Throwendham
• Throwendish

Related terms

• Throwend (male given name)

Translations

people of Trøndelag

• Danish: trønder c pl or c, trønd c
• Faroese: trøndur m pl
• German: Drönter m pl
• Icelandic: Þrændir m pl, Þrændur m pl
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: trønder m pl, trøndir m pl, trønderar m pl

• Old English: Þrōwendas m pl
• Old Norse: þrǿndir m pl, þrǿndr m pl
• Swedish: tronder m pl or c pl, trönder m pl or c pl