Thorsten
m.
Old Norse Þórr, the name of the god of thunder, deriving from Proto-Germanic *þunraz 'thunder' + Old Norse steinn 'stone', from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1138 Tursteinus (nom) CartStBert 14
- England
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- Latin
- ● c1132 Turstinus (nom) MemStMF II-I;
1185x1186 Turstini (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 11;
1189 Turstanus (nom) GASurv p. 106,
Turstini (gen) ibid. p. 208,
Turstino (dat) ibid. p. 96,
Turstinus (nom) ibid. p. 78;
1222 Turstanus (nom) StPaulDom p. 21,
turstani (gen) ibid. p. 27;
1279–80 Thorstanus (nom) WaHR-SK p. 83
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Tostyne LIWill-III p. 88;
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;
c1175–1180 Tustinus (nom) ChartCaen2 p. 63;
1180 Tustino (abl) RotScaNor p. 2
- Old French
- ● 1313 Toutain Paris1313 p. 105
- Iceland
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- Middle Icelandic
- ● 1500 þorsteins (gen) DipIs-7 489
- 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
- Norway
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- Middle Norwegian
- ● 1432x1433 thorstein ABJ p. 10
- 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
- ● 1376 Thorstin (nom) SDHK no. 10824;
1383 Thorstanus SRA-vol2 no. 1932,
Thorsten ibid. no. 1945;
1407 Thorstens (gen) SDHK no. 16943;
1409 Thorstens (gen) ibid. no. 17226;
1410 Thorsten (nom) ibid. no. 17485
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Thorsten". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Thorsten.