Thorsten
m.
Old Icelandic Þórr, the name of the god of thunder, deriving from Proto-Germanic *þunraz 'thunder' + Old Icelandic steinn 'stone', from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
- England
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- Latin
- ● c1132 Turstinus (nom) MemStMF II-I;
1189 Turstanus (nom) GASurv p. 106,
Turstini (gen) ibid. p. 208,
Turstino (dat) ibid. p. 96,
Turstinus (nom) ibid. p. 78
- Early Modern English
- ● 1577 Thurstan StAnthonlin p. 25
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1592 Twyste Tiik1977 p. 288
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1015 Turstingi (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225;
1180 Tustino (abl) RotScaNor p. 2
- Old French
- ● 1313 Toutain Paris1313 p. 105
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Torsten (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 6,
Turstein (gen) ibid. III, p. 9,
Turstin (nom) ibid. III, p. 8,
Turstini (gen) ibid. III, p. 21,
Turstinus (nom) ibid. III, p. 19
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1122 Thurstini (gen) ESC XLV,
Thurstino (dat) ibid. XLIV,
Turstini (gen) ibid. XLIII
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Thorstani (gen) SDHK no. 6021,
Thorstanus (nom) ibid. no. 6002,
Thorstens (gen) ibid. no. 6023
- Old Swedish
- ● 1383 Thorstanus SRA-vol2 no. 1932,
Thorsten ibid. no. 1945
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Thorsten". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Thorsten.