þunor

See also: Thunor

Old English

Alternative forms

• þunar, þunur, þuner, þonor

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þunr.

Cognate with Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati, “resound, reverberate, roar, thunder”), Ancient Greek στένω (sténō, “moan, groan, sigh”), Latin tonō, Old Church Slavonic стенати (stenati) (Russian стена́ть (stenátʹ)), Lithuanian steneti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθu.nor/

Noun

þunor m

1. thunder
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þæt wæs ǣrest þæt þunor tōslōg heora hīestan godes hūs Iufeses.

     That was before thunder destroyed the house of Jove, their highest god.

   þunor and līeġetu

   thunder and lightning

2. Alternative letter-case form of Þunor.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	þunor	þunras
accusative	þunor	þunras
genitive	þunres	þunra
dative	þunre	þunrum

Derived terms

• þunrian
• þunorlīċ

Descendants

• Middle English: thonder
  • English: thunder
  • Scots: thuner, thunder, thundir
  • Yola: dhunder, dunder