hodur

Questions about hodur

What does hodur mean?

hodur means "(Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe".

How many syllables are in hodur?

hodur has 2 syllables and divides as ho-dur under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hodur?

Close synonyms include Hoth, Hothr, Hoder, Hodr. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hodur a common word?

hodur is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.