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Noun.

[OE.

þursdei

þorsday

, from the Scand. name

Thor

+ E.

day

. Icel.

þōrr

Thor, the god of thunder, is akin to AS.

þunor

thunder; D.

Donderdag

Thursday, G.

Donnerstag

, Icel.

þōrsdagr

, Sw. & Dan.

Torsdag

. √52. See

, and

The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.

Holy Thursday

See under

Noun.

[The god of thunder, answering to the Jove of the Greeks and Romans, L. dies Jovis.]

The fifth day of the week.