þorn
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
þorn n (genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn)
- The name of the Latin-script letter Þ/þ.
Declension
Declension of þorn | ||||
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n-s | 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
- Alternative form of thorn
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. 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
Noun
þorn m
Declension
Declension of þorn (strong a-stem)
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)
- (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
Declension of þorn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- þorn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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