þefanþorn
Old English
Alternative forms
- ðeofeðorn, þefonþorn
- thebanthorn, þebanthron — early
- þȳfeþorn — influenced by þȳfel
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þebōnþorn; compare þefian (“to heat”) and þorn (“thornbush”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθe.fɑnˌθorn/, [ˈθe.vɑnˌθorˠn]
Noun
þefanþorn m (nominative plural þefanþornas)
- The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | þefanþorn | þefanþornas |
| accusative | þefanþorn | þefanþornas |
| genitive | þefanþornes | þefanþorna |
| dative | þefanþorne | þefanþornum |
Descendants
- Middle English: thevethorn, thefthorne, thethorn, thethorne, theuthorne, thevethorne, thewe-thorn, þefeþorn, þefþorne, þeoveþorn, þifþorn (Early Middle English)
References
- ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (1988) “*debandorn, depandorn”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen[1] (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 548