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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)
- bull, ox
Declension
Declension of þjór (masculine)
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