Throwend

See also: þrowend

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.