tordön

Swedish

Etymology

From Tor (“Thor”) +‎ dön (“noise”), from Old Swedish þordyn (literally “Thor-noise”). Note that the name Thor/Tor means "thunder", so tordön literally means "thunder-noise". Cognate with Icelandic þórduna.

Noun

tordön n

1. (poetic) thunder

   Synonym: åska

Declension

Declension of tordön

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tordön	tordöns
	definite	tordönet	tordönets
plural	indefinite	tordön	tordöns
	definite	tordönen	tordönens

Derived terms

• tordönsknall
• tordönsröst
• tordönsstämma

Further reading

• tordön in Svensk ordbok.
• tordön in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)