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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þórsdagr (“Thor's day, day of Thor”) Þórr (“Thor”) (modern Icelandic Þór) and dagr (“a day”) (modern Icelandic dagur (“a day”)). Corresponds to Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), calque of Latin dies Iovis.
Noun
þórsdagur m (genitive singular þórsdags, nominative plural þórsdagar)
- (archaic) Thursday
Usage notes
- This word was replaced during Iceland's shift to Christianity by fimmtudagur, which means simply "fifth day". It is now considered archaic, but may be used jocularly or by some revivalists.
Declension
Declension of
þórsdagur (
masculine, based on dagur)
Derived terms