Thor's Names, Titles, and Descriptive Kennings
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*Þunraz.........*Proto-Germanic
Thunaer......... Old Low German
Donar.........Old High German "Thunder"
Thunar.........Anglo-Saxon "Thunder"
Donner.........Modern German "Thunder"
Thor.........Modern English "Thunder"
Tor.........Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Þórr.........Old Norse (Old Icelandic) "Thunder"
Ása-Thór........."Thor of the Aesir"
Vingthór........."Consecration Thor"
Lorride.........Old Norse"?"
Hlórriþi.........Old Norse "?"
Óku-Thór.........Old Norse "Driver Thor"
Gofar.........Swedish "The Good Father"
Atli
Ásabrag
Ennilang
Eindridi
Bjorn
Hardveur
Sonnung
Veud
Rym
"Deep Thinker"
"Man's Well-Wisher"
"Reiner of Goats"
"Mjollnir's Lord"
"Bilskirnir's Lord"
"The Thunderer"
"The Son of Odin and Jord"
"Father of Magni, Modi, and Thrudr"
"Husband of Sif"
"Sif's Beloved"
"Stepfather to Ullr"
"Owner of the Girdle of Might"
"Defender of Asgard and Midgard"
"Slayer of Giants"
"Killer of Hrungnir, Geirrod, and Thrivaldi"
"Lord of Thialfi and Roskva"
"Enemy of the Midgard Serpent"
"Foster Son of Vingnir and Hlora"
"Oflugbardi's Terrifier"
"Midgard's Buckler or Shield"



Sources: Gylfaginning, Skaldskaparmal, Hymiskviða


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