Mjolnir

[ myawl-nir ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.

the hammer of Thor, used as a weapon against the Jotuns, heard as thunder by humans.

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Word History and Origins

From Old Norse Mjǫllnir, akin to Old Church Slavonic mlĭniji, Russian mólniya, Old Prussian mealde “lightning,” Latvian milna “hammer of the thunder god”

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