Old English character, almost a god (4)

I believe the answer is:

thor

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'god' is the definition.
(Thor is an example)

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(Other definitions for thor that I've seen before include "Son of Odin and Freya" , "Divine figure" , "Germanic thunder god; early US IRBM" , "Thunderous god" , "Scandinavian thunder-god" .)

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