thornen

From Middle English thornen, from Old English þyrnen (“thorny, of thorns”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurnīn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnīnaz (“of thorns”), equivalent to thorn +‎ -en.

thornen (comparative more thornen, superlative most thornen)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Made of or consisting of thorns.
   • 1897, Frederick Hancock, The parish of Selworthy in the county of Somerset, page 233:

     In that district it was a favourite remedy for scald head in a baby to hang cotton wool on a "thornen hedge" by moonlight.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔrnən/, /ˈθoːrnən/

Inherited from Old English þyrnen, from Proto-West Germanic *þurnīn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnīnaz (“of thorns”), equivalent to thorn +‎ -en (“made of”).

• thornnen, þeornen, þornen

thornen

2. Composed of thorns or thorny plants; made of or consisting of thorns.

• English: thornen (obsolete)

• “thornen, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 September 2018.

From thorn +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• thorne, thorny, þornen

thornen (rare)

2. To thorn; to poke as with thorns.
3. To have or grow thorns.

• English: thorn

• “thornen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 September 2018.