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in reply to a message by Jeromiah Baker
My mother’s maiden name was Thornburgh.
The Norse Vikings had a rune for the first part ᚦ meaning Thurisaz, Thorr, or Simply Thorn.
That runs is now a letter still used in the Icelandic language as þ lowercase, making the Thhh! Sound.
It also means giant.
Technically Thornburgh in Swedish is Törnberg, most likely its origin.
It means giant thorn mountain. As berg means mountain in old Germanic.
The Norse Vikings had a rune for the first part ᚦ meaning Thurisaz, Thorr, or Simply Thorn.
That runs is now a letter still used in the Icelandic language as þ lowercase, making the Thhh! Sound.
It also means giant.
Technically Thornburgh in Swedish is Törnberg, most likely its origin.
It means giant thorn mountain. As berg means mountain in old Germanic.
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