Þjálfi
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a, m. the name of the servant and follower of Thor, Edda; and also as a pr. name, Baut.; the word prop. means a delver, digger, Germ. delber, delben, = to delve, dig: the names Þjálfi and Röskva (q. v.) indicate that Thor was the friend of farmers and the god of agriculture.