Þórir

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably from older *Þórvér, i.e. Þórr (“Thor”) +‎ -vér, from Proto-Germanic *Þunrawīhaz. Compare the female names Þyri (< *Þórvé) and Þórveig (with the related suffix -veig).

Proper noun

Þórir m

A male given name.

Descendants

Icelandic: Þórir
Faroese: Tórir
Norwegian: Tore
Swedish: Ture, Tore
→ Finnish: Tuure

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