Þróndr

Old Norse

Alternative forms
  • Þrándr

Etymology

According to Otterbjörk[1], originally a byname, meaning “man from Trøndelag” (a region in Norway). According to Vågslid[2], from the stem of the Old Norse verb þróast (“to prosper”).

Proper noun

Þróndr m

  1. A male given name.

Descendants

References
  1. Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964
  2. Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
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