Mjollnir

See also: Mjöllnir and Mjǫllnir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”). Compare Old Norse mjuln (“fire”), Welsh mellt, Slovene mółnja, Russian мо́лния (mólnija).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɒlnɪə/

Proper noun

Mjollnir

(Norse mythology) The hammer of the Norse god Thor.

Alternative forms

Spelling variations include use of either one L or two, use of either I or E as the second vowel, and use of any of the following as the first vowel: O, Ö, Ø.

Translations

Thor's hammer

Arabic: مِيُولْنِير m (miyūlnīr)
Armenian: Մյոլնիր (Myolnir)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 妙爾尼爾／妙尔尼尔 (Miào'ěrní'ěr)
Danish: Mjølner c
Esperanto: Mjolniro
Faroese: Mjølnir m
Finnish: Mjölner
French: Mjolnir (fr) m, Mjollnir m
Georgian: მიოლნირი (miolniri)
German: Mjölnir m, Mjöllnir m
Greek: Μγιόλνιρ n (Mgiólnir)
Hebrew: מיולניר m
Icelandic: Mjölnir (is) m
Japanese: ミョルニル (Myoruniru)
Kazakh: Мьёлльнир (Mellnir)
Korean: 묠니르 (Myollireu)
Latvian: Mjelnirs m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Mjølner m

Nynorsk: Mjølne m, Mjølner m
Old Norse: Mjǫllnir m
Persian: میولنیر (miyolnir)
Russian: Мьёльнир m (Mʹjólʹnir), Мьёллнир m (Mʹjóllnir)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Мјолнир m

Roman: Mjolnir m
Swedish: Mjölner (sv) c
Ukrainian: Мйо́льнір m (Mjólʹnir)

German

Proper noun

Mjollnir m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mjollnirs)

Uncommon spelling of Mjölnir.

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