Throwend

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English

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Etymology

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Calque of Old Norse Þróndr, based on Throwends, from Old English Þrōwendas.

Proper noun

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Throwend

  1. A male given name, equivalent to Old Norse Þróndr
    • 1905, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Origines Islandicae, page 89:
      4. 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.