þjór

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Cognate with Faroese tjórur, Danish tyr and Swedish tjur, and more distantly with Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros) and Latin taurus. Doublet of tarfur, which was borrowed from Old Irish.

Noun

þjór m (genitive singular þjórs, nominative plural þjórar)

  1. bull, ox

Declension

    Declension of þjór
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þjór þjórinn þjórar þjórarnir
accusative þjór þjórinn þjóra þjórana
dative þjór þjórnum þjórum þjórunum
genitive þjórs þjórsins þjóra þjóranna

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