Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mjollnir

/ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mjoll-nir
IPA: /ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The hammer of the Norse god Thor.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: Mjǫllnir, *meldunjaz, *meldʰ-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/
British English: /ˈmjɒlnɪə/

Inflected Forms

Mjöllnir (alternative) Mjollner (alternative) Mjolnir (alternative) Mjölnir (alternative) Mjølnir (alternative) Mjolner (alternative) Mjölner (alternative) Mjølner (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce mjollnir?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/.
What does mjollnir mean?: The hammer of the Norse god Thor.
Where does mjollnir come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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