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Thor

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Thor  (thôr)
n. Mythology
The Norse god of thunder.
[Old Norse Thrr; see (s)ten- in Indo-European roots.]
Thor [θɔː]
n
(Myth & Legend / Norse Myth & Legend) Norse myth the god of thunder, depicted as wielding a hammer, emblematic of the thunderbolt
[Old English Thōr, from Old Norse thōrr thunder]
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Noun1.ThorThor - (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar
Norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity
Translations
Thor [θɔːʳ] N → Tor m


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Here, in the whirlpool of European races, the Ugric tribe bore down from Iceland the fighting spirit which Thor and Wodin game them, which their Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, aye, and of Asia and Africa too, till the peoples thought that the werewolves themselves had come.
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Thaw with his gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer.
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If we cannot at once rise to the sanctities of obedience and faith, let us at least resist our temptations; let us enter into the state of war and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts.
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