Mjollnir

See also: Mjöllnir and Mjǫllnir

English

Drawing of a 4.6 CM gold plated depiction of Mjollnir in silver found at Bredsätra on Öland, Sweden. The original is housed at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmjɒlnɪə/

Proper noun

Mjollnir

  1. (Norse mythology) The hammer of the Norse god Thor.

Alternative forms

Spelling variations include use of either one L or two, use of either I or E as the second vowel, and use of any of the following as the first vowel: O, Ö, Ø.


Translations

German

Proper noun

Mjollnir m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mjollnirs)

  1. Uncommon spelling of Mjölnir.
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