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(Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar

/thawr/, n.

1. Scand. Myth. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.

2. a medium-range U.S. Air Force ballistic missile developed in the early 1950s and powered by a single liquid-propellant rocket engine.

3. a male given name.

[bef. 1050; OE Thor < ON Thorr lit., THUNDER]

Thor /thör/

The Scandinavian thunder god, Old English Thunor

Thor «thr», noun.

the ancient Scandinavian god of thunder and war, bringer of rain to the crops. He destroyed the giants, foes of the gods, with his magic hammer made by the dwarfs.

╂[Old English Thōr < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic thōrr). Compare etym. under Thursday (Cf. ↑Thursday)]

Scandinavian Mythology the god of thunder, the weather, agriculture, and the home, the son of Odin and Freya (Frigga). Thursday is named after him

dial. variant of their, and thir, these.