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Thor.

Thor, a hammer-wielding god in Norse mythology

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

name/toːr/[toːɐ̯][tɔɐ̯]
  1. Thor, a hammer-wielding god in Norse mythology

    Norse · masculine · proper-noun · strong
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz. Doublet of Donar, itself a learned borrowing from Old High German.

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