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“thunder” + “wolf”
/tolv/ · Norwegian Nynorsk
01 / Meaning & origin
Tolv is a masculine given name documented in Norwegian Nynorsk. English Wiktionary records the meaning ““thunder” + “wolf””.
Meaning: “thunder” + “wolf”
From Þolfr, Þólfr, a contraction of Þórolfr, from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚢᚾᚱᚨᚹᚢᛚᚠᚨᛉ (*þunrawulfaʀ), from *Þunraz (“thunder”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”). Doublet of Torolv and Torulv.
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Documented as a given name in Norwegian Nynorsk.
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04 / Through time
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Tolv— “Thor’s wolf”
As to Thor’s wolf, Thorolf, it is contracted into Tolv in Norway, and thus may be the origin of that curious Danish superstition that at noon-day (twelve being _tolv_ in Danish) Kong Tolv, a terrific and mysterious personage, drives by in his chariot, invisible except to maidens inadvertently left in solitude, when they are borne off by him to his domains for seven years, which pass like a single day.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section V (Thor) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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