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Alþjófr
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Old Norse
Etymology
From non al- all, very, totally þjófr thief, thus meaning "All-thief" or "Mighty Thief".Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4
Pronunciation
non /ˈalˌθjoːfr̥/
Proper noun
m Alþjófs
non Dwarves non Norse mythology name of a dwarf
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