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Good evening everyone,
I came across three Norwegian names of which I haven't been able to determine their meaning (obviously) - which is odd, since they seem to be pretty common on Facebook, for example. :-/ The names are Frøken (feminine), Tiril/Tirill (feminine) and Trym (masculine). If you have any idea whatsoever to what they might mean, then please let me know. :)
Thank you very much in advance,
Jörmungandr
"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins
I came across three Norwegian names of which I haven't been able to determine their meaning (obviously) - which is odd, since they seem to be pretty common on Facebook, for example. :-/ The names are Frøken (feminine), Tiril/Tirill (feminine) and Trym (masculine). If you have any idea whatsoever to what they might mean, then please let me know. :)
Thank you very much in advance,
Jörmungandr
"How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold." ~ Frodo Baggins
This message was edited 10/9/2009, 4:33 PM
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Frøken
Frøken is not a name, it is a title used for unmarried girls/women, like the English Miss and the French Mademoiselle.
Frøken is not a name, it is a title used for unmarried girls/women, like the English Miss and the French Mademoiselle.
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For Trym I found several pages who give a possible meaning as "uproar" or "crash" (in the sense of "load noise"), like this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Þrymr
However, nothing really convincing in the sense of authority...
I had myself tried to find something about Tiril earlier on, but had failed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Þrymr
However, nothing really convincing in the sense of authority...
I had myself tried to find something about Tiril earlier on, but had failed.
This message was edited 10/9/2009, 10:08 PM
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