Donar

[ doh-nahr ]

nounGerman Mythology.

the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.

Origin of Donar

<Old High German thonar, donar; cognate with Old English Thunor,Old Norse Thōrr;see thunder, Thursday

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How to use Donar in a sentence

Donar, same as Thor, the god of thunder among the ancient Teutons.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
His son Donar shewed himself in thunder and lightning, as he rode with swinging axe on his goat-spanned car.
The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times | Alfred Biese
Celtic Taranis has been compared to Donar, but there is no connection, and Taranis was not certainly a thunder-god.
The Religion of the Ancient Celts | J. A. MacCulloch
Some attempts have been made to identify him as a kind of Donar or god of thunder.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 | Various
Wodan and Donar had gotten the victory over Zeus and Athene.
Bulgaria | Frank Fox

British Dictionary definitions for Donar

Donar

/ (ˈdəʊnɑː, German ˈdoːnar) /

noun

the Germanic god of thunder, corresponding to Thor in Norse mythology

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