Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throwendham

/ˈθrəʊ(ə)ndəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: throwend-ham
IPA: /ˈθrəʊ(ə)ndəm/

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Example Sentences

"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, and out to the brook that falls out from Sourby, and dwelt at Four-horn."
"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, fishers or huntsmen in those far-off days."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: Þrōwendas

Frequently Paired Words

Throwends

Questions

How do you pronounce throwendham?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθrəʊ(ə)ndəm/.
What does throwendham mean?: Trøndelag
Where does throwendham come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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