Mjollnir

See also: Mjöllnir and Mjǫllnir

English

Drawing of a 4.6 CM gold plated depiction of Mjollnir in silver found at Bredsätra on Öland, Sweden. The original is housed at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”). Compare Old Norse mjuln (“fire”), Welsh mellt, Slovene mółnja, Russian мо́лния (mólnija).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmjɒlnɪə/

Proper noun

Mjollnir

1. (Norse mythology) The hammer of the Norse god Thor.

Alternative forms

Spelling variations include use of either one L or two, use of either I or E as the second vowel, and use of any of the following as the first vowel: O, Ö, Ø.

• Mjöllnir
• Mjollner
• Mjolnir, Mjölnir, Mjølnir
• Mjolner, Mjölner, Mjølner

Translations

Thor's hammer

• Arabic: مِيُولْنِير m (miyūlnīr)
• Armenian: Մյոլնիր (Myolnir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 妙爾尼爾 / 妙尔尼尔 (Miào'ěrní'ěr)

• Danish: Mjølner c
• Esperanto: Mjolniro
• Faroese: Mjølnir m
• Finnish: Mjölner
• French: Mjolnir (fr) m, Mjollnir m
• Georgian: მიოლნირი (miolniri)
• German: Mjölnir m, Mjöllnir m
• Greek: Μγιόλνιρ n (Mgiólnir)
• Hebrew: מיולניר m
• Icelandic: Mjölnir (is) m
• Japanese: ミョルニル (Myoruniru)
• Kazakh: Мьёлльнир (Mellnir)
• Korean: 묠니르 (Myollireu)
• Latvian: Mjelnirs m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mjølner m

  Nynorsk: Mjølne m, Mjølner m

• Old Norse: Mjǫllnir m
• Persian: میولنیر (miyolnir)
• Russian: Мьёльнир m (Mʹjólʹnir), Мьёллнир m (Mʹjóllnir)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мјолнир m

  Roman: Mjolnir m

• Swedish: Mjölner (sv) c
• Ukrainian: Мйо́льнір m (Mjólʹnir)

German

Proper noun

Mjollnir m (proper noun, strong, genitive Mjollnirs)

1. Uncommon spelling of Mjölnir.