Mjølne
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Mjøllne, Mjolne
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᚢᚾᛁᚨᛉ (*melluniaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz. Another theory is a relation to mjǫll (“fresh snow”), whence also mjøll.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [²mjœl.nə]
- Rhymes: -œlnə
- Homophone: mjølne
Proper noun
Mjølne m
- (Norse mythology) Mjollnir, the hammer of the Norse god Thor
- 1902, Halvdan Koht, Gamalnorske eventyr um Oden og Tor [Old Norse tales about Odin and Thor], page 42:
- Hamaren Mjølne raaka midt i hovudet paa Rungne og slo hausen hans i smaa molar, og han datt fram yver Tor, so foten hans laag yver halsen til Tor.
- The hammer Mjollnir hit Rungnir’s head and crushed his skull into small pieces, and he fell forward onto Thor, so that his foot lay over Thor’s neck.
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