þyrnir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. Compare Faroese torn, Norwegian Bokmål torn, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪrtnɪr/

  Rhymes: -ɪrtnɪr

Noun

þyrnir m (genitive singular þyrnis, nominative plural þyrnar)

1. thorn

Declension

declension of þyrnir

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þyrnir	þyrnirinn	þyrnar	þyrnarnir
accusative	þyrni	þyrninn	þyrna	þyrnana
dative	þyrni	þyrninum	þyrnum	þyrnunum
genitive	þyrnis	þyrnisins	þyrna	þyrnanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn. From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

þyrnir m (genitive þyrnir, plural þyrnar)

1. (botany) thorn (= þorn m)

Declension

  Declension of þyrnir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þyrnir	þyrnirinn	þyrnar	þyrnarnir
accusative	þyrni	þyrninn	þyrna	þyrnana
dative	þyrni	þyrninum	þyrnum	þyrnunum
genitive	þyrnis	þyrnisins	þyrna	þyrnanna

Derived terms

• þyrnafullr (“full of thorns”)
• þyrnihjalmr (“thorn-helmet”)
• þyrnikoróna f (“crown of thorns”)
• þyrnitré n (“thorn-bush”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þyrnir
• Faroese: tyrni- (tyrnikjarr, tyrnirunnur, tyrniviður)
• Norwegian: tyrner
• Old Swedish: thø̄rne, thø̄rn
  • Swedish: törne
• Danish: tjørn, tjørne
• → Finnish: tyrni

References

• þyrnir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.