Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A god of war, son of Odin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Northern myth., the god of war and victory, son of Odin. He is the same as the Anglo-Saxon Tiw.
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- abbreviation biochemistry
IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation oftyrosine - proper noun Norse mythology The Norse god of war, identifiable with
Tiu orTiw . Possibly the god after whomTuesday was named.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu
Etymologies
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Norse form, with the single exception of the name Tyr, where I use the form which has become conventional in English.
The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 L. Winifred Faraday
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For example, what is "This camp is called Tyr fil Say."
Friday, November 21, 2008 As'ad 2008
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For example, what is "This camp is called Tyr fil Say."
Sunday, November 30, 2008 As'ad 2008
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Tuesday color yellow is derived from Tirsdag, Tir, or Tyr, which is the name of the Norse god of war, called Tiw by the Anglo-Saxons.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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Tuesday color yellow is derived from Tirsdag, Tir, or Tyr, which is the name of the Norse god of war, called Tiw by the Anglo-Saxons.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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Tuesday color yellow is derived from Tirsdag, Tir, or Tyr, which is the name of the Norse god of war, called Tiw by the Anglo-Saxons.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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Tuesday color yellow is derived from Tirsdag, Tir, or Tyr, which is the name of the Norse god of war, called Tiw by the Anglo-Saxons.
Zolar’s Magick Of Color Simon 1994
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As for that miracle which God performed on the woman's daughter, the Gospel says that God, when he performed it, was "in parte Tyri et Sidonis," for at that time the city of Sur was called Tyr, and the city of Sajetta (which I have mentioned) Sidon.
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Athenians sent the Spartans a poor, lame schoolmaster, called Tyr-tæ´us, to lead them in battle.
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I've included it as it has underneath some interesting comments from KernowGB aka Tyr Gwyr Gweryn.
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