ÞING

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Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Old Norse

þing = 'an assembly', 'meeting' [1] [2]

Old Danish

thing = 'an assembly', 'meeting' [3]

Related Names

See also Þengill, Thing

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
BJÖRN see Þingbiǫrn
EY see Þingey
FAST see Þingfastr
GEIR see Thingger
ULF see Thingulf
VAR see Thingvar

First Element Forms

Thing- Þing-

Last Element Forms

References

  1. Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
  2. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  3. Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)