Thor

• Þor (rare)

Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θɔː/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /θɔɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Thor

1. (Norse mythology) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
   • 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:

     So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.

2. A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
3. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada

• Roth, thro, hotr, orth-, hotṛ, thro'

• IPA^(key): /toːr/, [tˢoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Thor

1. (Norse mythology) Thor.
2. a male given name, shortened from compound names beginning with Thor-/Tor-

• (male given names): Thorbjørn, Thorkild, Thorvald, Thyge, Toke, Torben, Torsten, Troels, Tue
• (female given names): Thora, Tove

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Þórr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈto(ː)r/, [ˈt̪o̞(ː)r]

Thor

1. Thor (Norse god)

   Synonym: Tor

Inflection of Thor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Thor	—
genitive		Thorin	—
partitive		Thoria	—
illative		Thoriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Thor	—
accusative	nom.	Thor	—
	gen.	Thorin
genitive		Thorin	—
partitive		Thoria	—
inessive		Thorissa	—
elative		Thorista	—
illative		Thoriin	—
adessive		Thorilla	—
ablative		Thorilta	—
allative		Thorille	—
essive		Thorina	—
translative		Thoriksi	—
abessive		Thoritta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Thor (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Thorini — accusative nom. Thorini — gen. Thorini genitive Thorini — partitive Thoriani — inessive Thorissani — elative Thoristani — illative Thoriini — adessive Thorillani — ablative Thoriltani — allative Thorilleni — essive Thorinani — translative Thorikseni — abessive Thorittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Thorisi — accusative nom. Thorisi — gen. Thorisi genitive Thorisi — partitive Thoriasi — inessive Thorissasi — elative Thoristasi — illative Thoriisi — adessive Thorillasi — ablative Thoriltasi — allative Thorillesi — essive Thorinasi — translative Thoriksesi — abessive Thorittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Thorimme — accusative nom. Thorimme — gen. Thorimme genitive Thorimme — partitive Thoriamme — inessive Thorissamme — elative Thoristamme — illative Thoriimme — adessive Thorillamme — ablative Thoriltamme — allative Thorillemme — essive Thorinamme — translative Thoriksemme — abessive Thorittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Thorinne — accusative nom. Thorinne — gen. Thorinne genitive Thorinne — partitive Thorianne — inessive Thorissanne — elative Thoristanne — illative Thoriinne — adessive Thorillanne — ablative Thoriltanne — allative Thorillenne — essive Thorinanne — translative Thoriksenne — abessive Thorittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Thorinsa — accusative nom. Thorinsa — gen. Thorinsa genitive Thorinsa — partitive Thoriaan Thoriansa — inessive Thorissaan Thorissansa — elative Thoristaan Thoristansa — illative Thoriinsa — adessive Thorillaan Thorillansa — ablative Thoriltaan Thoriltansa — allative Thorilleen Thorillensa — essive Thorinaan Thorinansa — translative Thorikseen Thoriksensa — abessive Thorittaan Thorittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

• IPA^(key): /toːr/, [toːɐ̯], [tɔɐ̯]

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• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯
• Homophone: Tor

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

Thor m (proper noun, strong, genitive Thors)

1. (Norse mythology) Thor, a hammer-wielding god in Norse mythology

• (male given names): Thorsten, Torben, Torsten

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Thor n (strong, genitive Thors, plural Thore)

1. Obsolete spelling of Tor (gate) which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

Thor m (weak, genitive Thoren, plural Thoren)

1. Obsolete spelling of Tor (fool) which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
   • 1837, Matthäus Zeheter, Anleitung zur methodischen Behandlung des Unterrichtes in der deutschen Sprache für deutsche Schulen (Zweite, verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage. Regensburg), p.106 (at books.google):

     „So wie sich ein Mohr nicht weiß waschen läßt, so läßt sich auch mancher Thor nicht klug machen.“

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Thorheit

• “Thor” in Duden online

Thor m

1. a male given name

Declension of Thor
m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Thor
accusative	Thor
dative	Thor
genitive	Thors

Thor

1. a male given name, a less common spelling of Tor

• (surnames) Thorsen

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:7 934 males with the given name Thor (compared to 22 416 named Tor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Thor m

1. a male given name, a less common spelling of Tor

• (surnames) Thorsen

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk:7 934 males with the given name Thor (compared to 22 416 named Tor) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Thor m

1. (more common) Alternative form of Tor