Thorn.

Brit.

/θɔː/, U.S.

/θɔr/

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse þórr.

Etymology: < Old Norse þórr < þunro^z thunder: see Thursday n. and adv.

Mythology.

The proper name of the strongest and bravest of the Scandinavian deities, the god of thunder, whose weapon was a hammer; his belt doubled his strength; hence in allusive use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > northern > Thor

Thora1020

a1020 Wulfstan Homilies xlii. 197 Þór and Owðen, þe hæðene men herjað swiðe.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence iii. 74 Description of the great Idol Thor.

1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lviii. 30 Crush'd was Napoleon by the northern Thor, Who knock'd his army down with icy hammer.

1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. (1876) 1st Ser. ii. 63 Let us enter into the state of war, and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts.

1898 Daily News 6 May 8/1 The din of a thousand Thors at their forges, the hubbub of the workshop.

Compounds

C1. attributive, as Thor-hammerer; Thor-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [adjective] > resembling Thor

Thor-like1865

1865 De Morgan in Athenæum 14 Oct. 729/2 The Thor-hammerer does nothing but grumble.

1866 M. C. Tyler Glimpses Eng. (1898) 159 The splendor of his [John Bright's] Thor-like eloquence.

C2.

Thor-barley n. (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > types of barley or barley-plant

polbere1440

bigg1446

long-ear?1523

sprat-barley?1523

waybent1538

wall barley1548

barley-bigg1552

bigg-barley1562

polbarley1574

pilled barley1578

way bennet1578

wheat-barley1578

French barley1596

way barley1597

rough bere1642

palm-barley1706

Scotch barley1707

square barleya1722

Thor-barley1755

ware-bere1793

barley-grass1795

German rice1828

battledore barley1848

1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. iv. §5. 105 This barley..the peasants term Thor-barley, possibly from the opinion of the ancients, who..imagined this corn to be fit for the banquets of the gods.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thor
释义	Thorn. Brit. /θɔː/, U.S. /θɔr/ Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse þórr. Etymology: < Old Norse þórr < þunro^z thunder: see Thursday n. and adv. Mythology. The proper name of the strongest and bravest of the Scandinavian deities, the god of thunder, whose weapon was a hammer; his belt doubled his strength; hence in allusive use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > northern > Thor Thora1020 a1020 Wulfstan Homilies xlii. 197 Þór and Owðen, þe hæðene men herjað swiðe. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence iii. 74 Description of the great Idol Thor. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo lviii. 30 Crush'd was Napoleon by the northern Thor, Who knock'd his army down with icy hammer. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. (1876) 1st Ser. ii. 63 Let us enter into the state of war, and wake Thor and Woden, courage and constancy, in our Saxon breasts. 1898 Daily News 6 May 8/1 The din of a thousand Thors at their forges, the hubbub of the workshop. Compounds C1. attributive, as Thor-hammerer; Thor-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [adjective] > resembling Thor Thor-like1865 1865 De Morgan in Athenæum 14 Oct. 729/2 The Thor-hammerer does nothing but grumble. 1866 M. C. Tyler Glimpses Eng. (1898) 159 The splendor of his [John Bright's] Thor-like eloquence. C2. Thor-barley n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > types of barley or barley-plant polbere1440 bigg1446 long-ear?1523 sprat-barley?1523 waybent1538 wall barley1548 barley-bigg1552 bigg-barley1562 polbarley1574 pilled barley1578 way bennet1578 wheat-barley1578 French barley1596 way barley1597 rough bere1642 palm-barley1706 Scotch barley1707 square barleya1722 Thor-barley1755 ware-bere1793 barley-grass1795 German rice1828 battledore barley1848 1755 A. Berthelson tr. E. Pontoppidan Nat. Hist. Norway i. iv. §5. 105 This barley..the peasants term Thor-barley, possibly from the opinion of the ancients, who..imagined this corn to be fit for the banquets of the gods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1020
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