þórsdagur

Icelandic

From Old Norse þórsdagr (“Thor's day, day of Thor”) Þórr (“Thor”) (modern Icelandic Þór) and dagr (“a day”) (modern Icelandic dagur (“a day”)). Corresponds to late Proto-Germanic *Þunras dagaz (“day of Thor”), calque of Latin dies Iovis.

þórsdagur m (genitive singular þórsdags, nominative plural þórsdagar)

This word was replaced during Iceland’s shift to Christianity by fimmtudagur, which means simply “fifth day”. It is now considered archaic, but may be used jocularly or by some revivalists.

declension of þórsdagur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	þórsdagur	þórsdagurinn	þórsdagar	þórsdagarnir
accusative	þórsdag	þórsdaginn	þórsdaga	þórsdagana
dative	þórsdegi	þórsdeginum	þórsdögum	þórsdögunum
genitive	þórsdags	þórsdagsins	þórsdaga	þórsdaganna

(rare, archaic) hvíti þórsdagur (Ascension Day, synonymous uppstigningardagur)
(rare, archaic) skíri þórsdagur (Maundy Thursday, synonymous skírdagur)

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