þunor

See also: Thunor

Old English

Alternative forms

• þunar, þunur, þuner

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂-.

Cognate with Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati, “resound, reverberate, roar, thunder”), Ancient Greek στένω (sténō, “moan, groan, sigh”), Latin tonō, Old Church Slavonic стенати (stenati) (Russian стена́ть (stenátʹ)), Lithuanian steneti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθu.nor/

Noun

þunor m

1. thunder

   Þanne nān līġet ne biþ, þanne ne biþ ēac nān þunor.

   When there's no lightning, there'll be no thunder either.

   Se līġet cwiþ sum þing tō þām þunore, and se þunor andswaraþ eft.

   The lightning says something to the thunder, and the thunder answers back.

   Ġemanst þū þanne þū wǣre lȳtel ċild, and nihtes on þīnre mēder and fæder clēofan runne þanne se þunor tō hlūd wearþ?

   Remember when you were a little kid, and you'd run into your parents' room at night when the thunder got too loud?

2. (Germanic mythology) An Anglo-Saxon god, equivalent to the Norse Thor, associated with the Roman Jupiter

   Þunor is strenġest ealra goda and manna.

   Thor is the strongest of all gods and people.

   Hwā ne ġelīefþ on mihtiġne Þunor, slagan frostes and fȳres?

   Who doesn't believe in mighty Thor, slayer of frost and fire?

Declension

Declension of þunor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þunor	þunoras
accusative	þunor	þunoras
genitive	þunores	þunora
dative	þunore	þunorum

Derived terms

• þunresdæġ
• þunrian
• þunorlīċ

Descendants

• Middle English: thonder, thoner, thunder
  • English: thunder
  • Scots: thuner, thunder, thundir
  • Yola: dunder