Thor
[θɔ:]
Definition
(noun.) (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar.
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Definition
(n.) The god of thunder, and son of Odin.
Editor: Lucius
Definition
n. the second principal Scandinavian divinity the god of thunder.
Typist: Portia
Examples
- The Germans had a Jupiter in Odin, a Mars in Thor, a Venus in Freya, and so on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You are regular worshippers of Thor. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- May the fiend fly away with me, and leave me in Ifrin with the souls of Odin and of Thor! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Dost thou hear the hammer of Thor, Wielded in his gloves of iron? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Festival fires to Thor and Woden had followed on the same ground and duly had their day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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