Týr
[tɪr]Meaning
Old Norse name of a Germanic god, from Proto-Germanic *tīwaz; identical to Old Norse týr, "god".
Background Story
The name is recorded in Old Norse as Týr, from an earlier *Tȳʀ and 8th-century ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tiuʀ) on the Ribe skull fragment, going back through Proto-Norse *tiwʀ and *tiwaʀ to Proto-Germanic *tīwaz. It is cognate with Old English Tīw, Old Saxon Tīi and Old High German Zīu. The same Old Norse word týr also means "god".
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