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Mjollnir.

The hammer of the Norse god Thor.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/US/ˈmjɒlnɪə/UK
  1. The hammer of the Norse god Thor.

    Norse
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, likely from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚢᚾᛃᚨᛉ (*meldunjaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”). Compare Old Norse mjuln (“fire”), Welsh mellt, Slovene mółnja, Russian мо́лния (mólnija).

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