Runic stone), Þor-steinn (sounded Þosteinn, and often, spelt so in later vellums), Þor-valdr, Þor-varðr, Þór-viðr of women, Þór-ey, Þór-arna, Þor-finna, Þor-gríma, Þor-gunna, Þór-halla, Þór-hildr, Þór-unn, Þór-dís, Þor-gerðr, Þor-björg, Þor-katla, Þór-ný, Þor-veig, Þór-vör. usage), Þor-leifr, Þor-leikr, Þor-ljótr, Þor-móðr, Þor-mundr ( Dan. Þorketill), Þor-lákr (sounded Þollákr, Bs. usage the vowel is sounded long before a vowel, and before b and d, elsewhere short, but in old times it was no doubt ó throughout -thus, as a prefix, Þór-álfr, Þórólfr, Þórarr, Þór-arinn, Þór-oddr, Þór-haddr, Þór-halli, Þór-hallr but Þor-bergr, Þor-björn, Þor-brandr, Þor-finnr, Þor-gautr, Þor-geirr, Þor-gestr ( Þórgestlingar, the family of Th., Eb.), Þor-grímr, Þor-gils, Þor-gnýr, Þor-kell (qs. uncompd only in the form Þórir of a man, Þóra of a woman, but common in compds, where in mod. names (hann átti) son er Steinn hét, þann svein gaf Þórólfr Þór vin símim ok kallaði Þorstein, Eb. COMPDS OF PROPER NAMES.-The name of Thor has always been thought to sound well, and is much used in pr. For a head of Thor carved on the high-seat pillars, see Eb., Fbr.: or on a talisman, Fs. Helgi var blandinn í trú, hann trúði á Krist, en hét á Þór til sjófara ok harðræða, Landn. ![]() ![]() the first chapters-hann varðveitti þar í eyinni Þórs-hof, ok var mikill vin Þórs, … hann gékk til fréttar við Þór ástvin sinn …, Eb. The finest legends of the Edda, - and the best lays (the lays of Hymir, Thrym, and Harbard) refer to Thor, see the Edda passim, Eb. Thor was the son of mother Earth blunt, hot-tempered, without fraud or guile, of few words and ready stroke,-such was Thor, the favourite deity of the ancients. He was the consecrator, the hammer being the cross or holy sign of the ancient heathen, hence the expressive phrase on a heathen Danish Runic stone, Þurr vigi þassi runar, ‘Thor, consecrate these Runes!’ Rafn 193. The god Thor, the god of thunder, keeper of the hammer, the ever-fighting slayer of trolls and destroyer of evil spirits, the friend of mankind, the defender of the earth, the heavens, and the gods, for without Thor and his hammer the earth would become the helpless prey of the giants. kept awake, and poured ale into the fires, saying that this was worse (more tantalizing) for him she then released him by cutting the thongs with a sword, Fas. was hung up in the king’s hall by his shoe-thongs between two fires … In the meantime H. Hjörleifr konungr var upp festr í konungs höll með skó-þvengjum sínum sjálfs millum elda tveggja … Á meðan vakti Hildr ok jós mungáti í eldana, ok kvað ‘Hjörleifi þat verra,’ hón leysti hann svá at hón hjó með sverði skó-þvengina (thus, we believe, to be emended for ‘ok kvað Hjörleif þar vera,’ etc., of the vellum), king H. ![]() 116 Egill hafði skúfaða skó-þvengi sem þá var siðr til, ok hafði losnat annarr þvengrinn … steig hann á þvengjar-skúfinn þann er dragnaði, Eb. 74 stökk í sundr skó-þvengr hans, 143, Odd. hann svarar öugu ok gaf honum skúa ok dró ór þvengina, of the stingy earl Neríð, Fas. ![]() kálfskinns-skúa loðna ok þar í þvengi langa ok á tinknappar miklir á endunum, Þorf. þvengir, þvengja, þvengjum :- a thong, latchet, esp.
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