Throwends
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noun
- The people of Trøndelag
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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.
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