Mjǫllnir

See also: Mjollnir and Mjöllnir

Old Norse

Etymology

Most likely from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚢᚾᛃᚨᛉ (*meldunjaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-. Compare Old Norse myln (“fire”), Welsh mellt (“lightning”), Russian мо́лния (mólnija, “lightning”), Latvian milna (“hammer of Pērkons”).

Alternatively, relation to mjǫll (“fresh snow”) has been proposed.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈmj̃ɔ̃lːnɪ̃r/
• (Textbook Old Norse) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɔlːnir/

Proper noun

Mjǫllnir m (genitive Mjǫllnis)

1. Mjollnir

Declension

Declension of Mjǫllnir (strong ja-stem, singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Mjǫllnir	Mjǫllnirinn
accusative	Mjǫllni	Mjǫllniinn
dative	Mjǫllni	Mjǫllniinum
genitive	Mjǫllnis	Mjǫllnisins

Descendants

• West Scandinavian:
  • Icelandic: Mjöllnir, Mjölnir
  • Faroese: Mjølnir
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mjølne
• East Scandinavian:
  • Swedish: Mjölner
    • → Finnish: Mjölner
  • Danish: Mjølner, Mjølne
    • Norwegian Bokmål: Mjølner, Mjølne
• → English: Mjollnir
• → German: Mjölnir
• → Japanese: ミョルニル (Myoruniru)
• → Korean: 묠니르 (Myollireu)