Mjǫllnir

Old Norse

Etymology

Most likely from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*melluniaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”).

Compare Old Norse mjuln (“fire”), Welsh mellt (“lightning”), Russian молния (molnija, “lightning”), Latvian milna (“hammer of Pērkons”).

Alternatively, relation to mjǫll (“fresh snow”) has been proposed.

Proper noun

Mjǫllnir

  1. Mjollnir

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
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