þorn

See also: thorn and Thorn

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θɔ(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/
    Rhymes: -ɔrtn

Noun

þorn n (genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Þ/þ.

Declension

Declension of þorn (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þorn þornið þorn þornin
accusative þorn þornið þorn þornin
dative þorni þorninu þornum þornunum
genitive þorns þornsins þorna þornanna

Middle English

Noun

þorn

  1. alternative form of thorn

Old English

Alternative forms

  • *ᚦᚩᚱᚾ (*þórn)

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

  • IPA(key): /θorn/, [θorˠn]

Noun

þorn m

  1. thorn
  2. thorny bush
  3. the runic character ᚦ (/θ/ or /ð/)
  4. the letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative þorn þornas
accusative þorn þornas
genitive þornes þorna
dative þorne þornum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Norse

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)

  1. (botany) thorn (= þyrnir m)
  2. spike, esp. the tongue of a buckle, pin of a brooch
    þornar ok þistlar
    thorns and thistles
  3. the letter Þ, þ

Declension

Declension of þorn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þorn þorninn þornar þornarnir
accusative þorn þorninn þorna þornana
dative þorni þorninum þornum þornunum
genitive þorns þornsins þorna þornanna

Derived terms

  • þorngjǫrð f (“crown of thorns”)
  • þornrunnr m (“thorn-bush”)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þorn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514; also available at the Internet Archive
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