þorn
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editNoun
editþorn n (genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Þ/þ.
Declension
editMiddle English
editNoun
editþorn
- Alternative form of thorn
Old English
editAlternative forms
edit- *ᚦᚩᚱᚾ (*þórn)
Etymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editþorn m
Declension
editStrong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | þorn | þornas |
accusative | þorn | þornas |
genitive | þornes | þorna |
dative | þorne | þornum |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn. From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
Noun
editþorn 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
edit Declension of þorn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- þorn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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