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)

1. Thursday

Declension

  Declension of þórsdagr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	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)}