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Throwendham

/ˈθrəʊ(ə)ndəm/

Throwendham proper noun: trøndelag.

Proper noun

Throwendham

  1. (historical, rare) Trøndelag
    • Col-grim the Old, [son] of Hrod-wulf, the herse or lord, and of Unna, daughter of Hacon, the son of Earl Grit-garth, after whom Grit-garth’s howe, south of Agda-ness, is called, went out of Throwendham to Iceland, and took in settlement Nether Whale-frith-strand from Blue-shaw-water to Lax-water...1905, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Origines Islandicae, page 34
    • North of Throwend-ham or Thrond-heim lies Neam-dale with its coast station, Hrafnista, and, north of that, Haloga-land’s barren five degrees of latitude stretch along by the sea, north-east, ending in West-firth and the great islands that head the Skerry, islands only visited by Finnish fowlers...1908, W. G. Collingwood, Scandinavian Britain (Early Britain), London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, page 18

Origin of Throwendham

From Throwends + -ham; a calque of Old Norse Þróndheimr, based on Old English Þrōwendas pl (“Thronds, people from Trøndelag”). Doublet of Throndham.

Questions about Throwendham

What does Throwendham mean?
Throwendham means trøndelag.
What part of speech is Throwendham?
Throwendham is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Throwendham?
Throwendham is pronounced /ˈθrəʊ(ə)ndəm/.

Words near Throwendham in the dictionary

  1. throwe
  2. throwed
  3. throwee
  4. throwees
  5. Throwend
  6. Throwendham
  7. Throwendish
  8. Throwends
  9. thrower
  10. throwers
  11. throwes

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