"Þorsteinn" meaning in Old Norse

See Þorsteinn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Þórr (“Thor”) + steinn (“stone”). Etymology templates: {{affix|non|Þórr|steinn|gloss1=Thor|gloss2=stone}} Þórr (“Thor”) + steinn (“stone”) Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|head=|tr=}} Þorsteinn m, {{non-proper noun|m}} Þorsteinn m
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Þorsteinn"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Þorsteinn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Þorsteinn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Torstein",
            "3": "Tórstein"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Torstein, Tórstein",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Torstein, Tórstein"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "Torstein",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Torstein",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Torstein"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Torsten"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Torsten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Torsten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "Torsti",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: Torsti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: Torsti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Torsten"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Torsten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Torsten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Thorsten",
            "3": "Torsten",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Thorsten, Torsten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Thorsten, Torsten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "Þurstān",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: Þurstān",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: Þurstān"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Thurston"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: Thurston",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Thurston"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Thurston"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Thurston",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Thurston"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Old Norman Torstein, Turstein, Tostein"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "Tostain",
            "3": "Toustain, Toutain",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norman: Tostain; Toustain, Toutain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norman: Tostain; Toustain, Toutain (surnames)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Turstinus",
            "3": "Tustinus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Turstinus, Tustinus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Turstinus, Tustinus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Dustin",
            "3": "Dusty",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Dustin, Dusty",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Dustin, Dusty"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "Þórr",
        "3": "steinn",
        "gloss1": "Thor",
        "gloss2": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "Þórr (“Thor”) + steinn (“stone”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Þórr (“Thor”) + steinn (“stone”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Þorsteinn m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Þorsteinn m",
      "name": "non-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Þorsteinn-non-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Þorsteinn"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "Þorsteinn"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Þorsteinn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Þorsteinn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Torstein",
            "3": "Tórstein"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Torstein, Tórstein",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Torstein, Tórstein"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "Torstein",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Torstein",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: Torstein"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "Torsten"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: Torsten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Torsten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "Torsti",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: Torsti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: Torsti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "Torsten"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: Torsten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: Torsten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Thorsten",
            "3": "Torsten",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Thorsten, Torsten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Thorsten, Torsten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "Þurstān",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old English: Þurstān",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old English: Þurstān"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Thurston"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: Thurston",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Thurston"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Thurston"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Thurston",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Thurston"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Old Norman Torstein, Turstein, Tostein"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "Tostain",
            "3": "Toustain, Toutain",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norman: Tostain; Toustain, Toutain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norman: Tostain; Toustain, Toutain (surnames)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Turstinus",
            "3": "Tustinus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Turstinus, Tustinus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Turstinus, Tustinus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Dustin",
            "3": "Dusty",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Dustin, Dusty",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Dustin, Dusty"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "Þórr",
        "3": "steinn",
        "gloss1": "Thor",
        "gloss2": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "Þórr (“Thor”) + steinn (“stone”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Þórr (“Thor”) + steinn (“stone”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "proper nouns",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Þorsteinn m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Þorsteinn m",
      "name": "non-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse compound terms",
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse given names",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse male given names",
        "Old Norse masculine nouns",
        "Old Norse proper nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Þorsteinn"
}

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