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Thunor

Thunor proper noun: an Old English deity identified with Thor and associated with Jupiter.

Proper noun

Thunor

  1. An Old English deity identified with Thor and associated with Jupiter.
    • The attributes of the most important deities of our distant ancestors, Tiw, Woden, and Thunor, whose names are perpetuated in those of three of our weekdays, are by no means clearly defined. It is not to be assumed that Woden and Thunor were identical with the Norse Odin and Thor, about whom more...1962, John Godfrey, The Church in Anglo-Saxon England, page 63
    • Thunor still survives in properly edited texts of Beowulf; on funeral stones, to ensure that the dead can rest in peace; on jewels and amulets as a charm; and he can even be spotted on a holy font 'perpetually preaching that the Christian soldier should FIGHT AS LEAST AS BRAVELY against Baseness as...2000, Andrew Wawn, The Vikings and the Victorians: Inventing the Old North in Nineteenth-Century Britain, page 232

Examples of Thunor in a sentence

  • The attributes of the most important deities of our distant ancestors, Tiw, Woden, and Thunor, whose names are perpetuated in those of three of our weekdays, are by no means clearly defined.1962, John Godfrey, The Church in Anglo-Saxon England, page 63:
  • Many people consider Thunor to be the most approachable of the Saxon gods.2009, Alaric Albertsson, Travels Through Middle Earth: The Path of a Saxon Pagan, page 27:

Origin of Thunor

Revived from Old English Þunor. Doublet of thunder.

Questions about Thunor

What does Thunor mean?
Thunor means an Old English deity identified with Thor and associated with Jupiter.
How do you use Thunor in a sentence?
The attributes of the most important deities of our distant ancestors, Tiw, Woden, and Thunor, whose names are perpetuated in those of three of our weekdays, are by no means clearly defined.
What part of speech is Thunor?
Thunor is a proper noun.

Words near Thunor in the dictionary

  1. thunnosaur
  2. thunnosaurian
  3. thunnosaurians
  4. thunnosaurs
  5. thunny
  6. Thunor
  7. Thuonoknyu
  8. thur
  9. thural
  10. Thurawal
  11. Thurber

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