Thorbiorn
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Old Icelandic Þórr, the name of the god of thunder, deriving from Proto-Germanic *þunraz 'thunder' + Old Icelandic bjǫrn 'bear', influenced by Old English bera, *beorn 'bear'.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Turbern (nom) GASurv p. 110;
1222 turberni (gen) StPaulDom p. 96
- Iceland
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- Middle Icelandic
- ● 1500 þorbiorn (nom) DipIs-7 489
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Turbeorn (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 8
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Thorbiorn". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Thorbiorn.