þunor

See also: Thunor

Old English

Alternative forms
  • þunar, þunur, þuner, þonor

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunraz.

Cognate with Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati, “resound, reverberate, roar, thunder”), Ancient Greek στένω (sténō, “moan, groan, sigh”), Latin tonō, Old Church Slavonic стенати (stenati) (Russian стена́ть (stenátʹ)), Lithuanian steneti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθu.nor/

Noun

þunor m

  1. thunder
    þunor and līeġetu
    thunder and lightning
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Þunor.

Declension
Declension of þunor (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative þunor þunras
accusative þunor þunras
genitive þunres þunra
dative þunre þunrum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: thonder
    • English: thunder
    • Scots: thuner, thunder, thundir
    • Yola: dhunder, dunder
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