ÞOR

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Proto-Norse 1.3 Old Norse 1.4 Old Saxon 1.5 Anglo-Saxon 1.6 Old English 1.7 Old High German 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*þun- = 'to thunder' ^[1]
*þunraR = 'thunder' ^[2]

Proto-Norse

þónr = 'thunder' ^[3]

Old Norse

þórr = 'thunder' ^{[4] [3]}

Old Saxon

thuner = 'thunder' ^[5]

Anglo-Saxon

þunor = 'thunder' ^[3]

þunian = 'to thunder' ^[3]

Old English

đunian = 'to thunder' ^[4]

Old High German

donar = 'thunder' ^[4]

donarón = 'to thunder' ^[4]

Related Names

See Þórr, Dora, Tófi, Tóki, *TúkiaR, *Týkir, Tóli, Tómi, Torgine

Combinations

Name Element	Example
A-	see Ador
AI	see Edor
ALF	see Alfþórr and Þóralfr
ALM	see Álmþór
ARINN	see Þórarinn
ARN	see Arnþórr and Þórarinn
AS	see Ásþór
AUD	see Eyðtór
BEIN	see Þorbeinir
BJÖRN	see Þórbiǫrn and Bjarnþór
BORG	see Bergþórr and Þorbjǫrg
BRAND	see Þorbrandr
BRITT	see Torbritt
DAG	see Dagþór
DIARF	see ÞórdiarfR
DIS	see Þordís
EIN	see Einþór
EY	see Eyþór and Þórey
FAST	see Þórfastr
FINN	see Þórfinnr and Finnþóra
FREJ	see Freyþór
FRID	see Þórfreðr and Friðþór
FRÍÐ	see Þórfríðr
GAUT	see Þórgautr
GEIR	see ÞórgæiRR and Geirþór
GERD	see Þorgerðr
GEST	see Þórgestr
GISL	see Þórgísl
GNY	see ÞórgnýR
GRIM	see ÞórgrímR
GUNN	see Þórgunnr and Gunnþór
HADD	see Þórhaddr
HAF	see Hafþórr
HALL	see Hallþórr and Þórhallr
HEÐIN	see Tórheðin
HEID	see Þórhæiðr
HILD	see Þórhildr and Hildiþór
HJÖRT	see Hjörtþór
HOLM	see Holmdórr
HVAT	see Þorhvatr
ID	see Idor
ING	see Ingiþóra
JEN	see Jendor
KETILL	see Þórkætill and Kelldórr
KRIST	see Kristtór
LAUG	see Þórlaug
LEIF	see ÞórlæifR
LEIK	see ÞórlæikR
LJOT	see Þorljótr
MAL	see Maldor
MANN	see Mandor and Tormann
MAR	see Þórmarr
MOD	see Þormóðr
MUND	see Þórmundr
NIUT	see Þórniútr
NY	see Þórný
ODD	see Þóroddr
ORM	see Þórormr
RAGN	see Ragndor
SE	see Sǽþórr
SIG	see Sigþórr
SNÆ	see Snæþór
STEIN	see Steinþórr and Þórstæinn
SVEIN	see Sveinþór and Torsven
ULF	see ÞórulfR
UNN	see Þórunnr and Unnþór
VALD	see Þórvaldr and Valdor
VAR	see Þórarinn
VARD	see Þorvarðr
VEIG	see Þorveig
VER	see *Þunra-wíhaR
VI	see Þórví
VID	see Þórviðr
Vífill	see *Þórvífill
VÖR	see Þórvǫr

First Element Forms

Dor-
Hór-
Ta- Tar-
Te- Ter-
Thar-
Ther-
Thor-
Thro- Thru-
Thur-
Thyr-
Thör-
Ti-
To- Tor- Tór- Torr-
Tro- Tru-
Tu- Tú- Tur-
Tyr- Tyyr-
Tår-
Tø- Tör- Tør- Tørr-
Þar-
Þo- Þor- Þór- *Þor-
*Þunra-
Þur- Þúr-
Þyr- Þýr- *Þyr-

Last Element Forms

-ar
-da
-der
-do -dog -don -dor -dór -dora -dóra -dorf -dórr
-duor -dur
-er -err
-or -ór -ora -óra -órr
-thor -thora
-tor -tór -tora -tóra
-þor -þór -þóra -þórir -þóriR -þórr

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Walter W. Skeat: The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (1993)
4. ↑ Günther Drosdowski: Duden Etymologie - Herkunftswörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (1997)
5. ↑ Wilhelm Schlaug: Die altsächsischen Personennamen vor dem Jahre 1000 (1962)