Alþjófr

Old Norse[edit]

From al- (“all, very, totally”) +‎ þjófr (“thief”), thus meaning "All-thief" or "Mighty Thief".^[1]

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Alþjófr m (genitive Alþjófs)

^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4