Etymograph

English

trone

Trone comes from Old Norse trönur ‘a frame or framework on which trunks of trees…’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350trönur‘a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw’
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400trone
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350trönur‘a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw’
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400trone
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Middle English trone ‘a wooden beam or post used in public weighing,…’

throne

Today it means

noun A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Norse trönur / trone

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