þorn
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Pronunciation
Noun
þorn n (genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Þ/þ.
Declension
Declension of þorn (neuter)
Noun
þorn
- Alternative form of thorn
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þornu (“thorn, sloe”).
Cognates
Germanic cognates include Old Saxon thorn (Low German Dorn, Doorn), Dutch doorn, Old High German thorn (German Dorn), Old Norse þorn (Swedish törne), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ) (Russian тёрн (tjorn, “sloe, blackthorn”), Slovak tŕň), Sanskrit तृण (tṛṇa, “grass”).
Pronunciation
Noun
þorn m
Declension
Declension of þorn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn. From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
Noun
þorn m (genitive þorns, plural þornar)
- (botany) thorn (= þyrnir m)
- spike, esp. the tongue of a buckle, pin of a brooch
- þornar ok þistlar
- thorns and thistles
- The letter Þ, þ
Declension
Declension of þorn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- þorngjǫrð f (“crown of thorns”)
- þornrunnr m (“thorn-bush”)
Descendants
References
- þorn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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