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Norwegian
Etymology
From the Old Norse adjective þormóðr (“brave”), or a compound name ("Thor" + "mood", "emotion").
Proper noun
Tormod
- a male given name
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From the Old Norse adjective þormóðr (“brave”), or a compound name such as Þórmundr.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tormod m (genitive Thormoid, vocative a Thormoid)
- a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Norman though they are etymologically unrelated
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap