þjór

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.

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

Further reading
  • þjór in Icelandic dictionaries at islex.is
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