Mjollnir

Meaning

Proper Noun

The hammer of the Norse god Thor.

Origin

Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- ("lightning"). Compare Old Norse mjuln ("fire"), Welsh mellt, Slovene mółnja, Russian мо́лния.

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