þórsdagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), calque of Latin dies Iovis. By surface analysis, Þórr (“Thor”) +‎ dagr (“day”).

Noun

þórsdagr m (genitive þórsdags, dative þórsdegi, plural þórsdagar)

Thursday

Declension

Declension of þórsdagr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þórsdagr	þórsdagrinn	þórsdagar	þórsdagarnir
accusative	þórsdag	þórsdaginn	þórsdaga	þórsdagana
dative	þórsdegi	þórsdeginum	þórsdǫgum	þórsdǫgunum
genitive	þórsdags	þórsdagsins	þórsdaga	þórsdaganna

Descendants

Icelandic: þórsdagur
Faroese: tórsdagur, hósdagur
Norwegian Nynorsk: torsdag, tosdag
Old Swedish: þōrsdagher
- Swedish: torsdag
Old Danish: thorsdagh
- Danish: torsdag
  - Norwegian Bokmål: torsdag
Gutnish: torste, torstda, torsdagar
→ Finnish: torstai

See also

(days of the week) dagar í vikunni; sunnudagr, mánadagr/mánudagr, týsdagr, óðinsdagr, þórsdagr, frjádagr, laugardagr ^{(Category: non:Days of the week)}

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