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This name is composed of two elements: Þorr, the name of the Norse god of thunder; and móðr, meaning "mind", "courage". [3] The Gaelic name is derived from the Old Norse personal names Þórmóðr [4] and Þormundr. [5] A variant of the Norwegian name is Thormod. [1] An Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name is Norman. [6]
Tormod was one of few slaves in Scandinavia whose name is known, while simultaneously sitting at a turning point in Scandinavian slavery and conversion to Christianity. Oddr Snorrason has one version of Tormod’s death in the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason .
Tormod was a son of Leod, the traditional founder and eponymous ancestor of Clan MacLeod.Tormod, just Like his father, does not appear in any contemporary records.The earliest contemporary record to a MacLeod chief dates to the generation after Tormod, during the reign of David II (r. 1329–1371).
The Germanic god Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry and literature.Some of the names come from the Prose Edda list Nafnaþulur, and are not attested elsewhere, while other names are well attested throughout the sources of Norse mythology.
Thormodus Torfæus (Thormodr Torfason, Thormod Torfæus, or Þormóður Torfason) (1636–1719) was an Icelandic historian, born on 27 May 1636 at Engey, Iceland, and educated at the University of Copenhagen. He lived and worked for most of his life in Kopervik, Karmøy, Norway.
Thormod Ness (born 27 November 1972) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He started his career in Skånevik IL , and later went to SK Vard Haugesund . He joined FK Haugesund in 1996, [ 1 ] and enjoyed a spell in the Norwegian Premier League in the seasons 1997 and 1998 .
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Tormod Haugen, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award (1990) Tormod Haugen grew up in Nybergsund, a small village in Trysil in Hedmark county, Norway. After school graduation at the Hamar Cathedral School in 1965, he attended the University of Oslo.