Þróndr
Old Norse Dictionary - þróndr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þróndr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þróndr can mean:þróndr
- þróndr
- m. a castrated boar (majalis), Edda (Gl.)
- þróndr
- II. a pr. name, the Icel. form Þrándr being later and not correct, mod. Norse Thrond: so in the Icel. phrase, vera e-m Þrándr í Götu, to be a ‘Gate-Thrond’ to one, i. e. a stumbling-block in one’s path, evidently from the story of Thrond of Gata in the Færey-Saga: in local names, Þróndar-nes, -staðir, Fms., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)