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thor

/θoɹ/

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What does thor mean?

adverb

  1. there
  2. they're (they are)

pronoun

  1. their
More meanings (3)

proper noun

  1. A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
  2. A male given name from the Germanic languages, occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
  3. A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.

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IPA pronunciation

/θoɹ/

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“May the fiend fly away with me, and leave me in Ifrin with the souls of Odin and of Thor!”
Walter ScottIvanhoe: A RomanceProject Gutenberg ebook #82
On another day Thor had gone without a gun, as he meant only to gather some curious plants he had seen.
Ernest Thompson SetonAnimal HeroesProject Gutenberg ebook #2284
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Even the brown plush monkey she had bought for Thor with such enthusiasm seemed to have lost his wise and humorous expression.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
I went into a cottage near the tumuli, and drank a bumper of mead to the memory of Thor from a very antique wooden vessel.
James NasmythJames Nasmyth, Engineer: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #476
In all pictures Thor and Samson were both given long hair, and the belief in strength and honor from long hair is proverbial.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747