Mjollnir
English

Drawing of a 4.6 CM gold plated depiction of Mjollnir in silver found at Bredsätra on Öland, Sweden. The original is housed at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”). Compare Old Norse mjuln (“fire”), Welsh mellt, Slovene mółnja, Russian мо́лния (mólnija).
Alternative forms
Spelling variations include use of either one L or two, use of either I or E as the second vowel, and use of any of the following as the first vowel: O, Ö, Ø.
Translations
Thor's hammer
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German
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