þornig

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurnugaz, equivalent to þorn +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθor.nij/, [ˈθorˠ.nij]

Adjective

þorniġ

1. thorny, full of thorns

Declension

Declension of þorniġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þorniġ	þorniġu, þornġu, þorniġo, þornġo	þorniġ
Accusative	þorniġne	þorniġe, þornġe	þorniġ
Genitive	þorniġes, þornġes	þorniġre	þorniġes, þornġes
Dative	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġre	þorniġum, þornġum
Instrumental	þorniġe, þornġe	þorniġre	þorniġe, þornġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þorniġe, þornġe	þorniġa, þornġa, þorniġe, þornġe	þorniġu, þornġu, þorniġo, þornġo
Accusative	þorniġe, þornġe	þorniġa, þornġa, þorniġe, þornġe	þorniġu, þornġu, þorniġo, þornġo
Genitive	þorniġra	þorniġra	þorniġra
Dative	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġum, þornġum
Instrumental	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġum, þornġum

Declension of þorniġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þorniġa, þornġa	þorniġe, þornġe	þorniġe, þornġe
Accusative	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġe, þornġe
Genitive	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan
Dative	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan
Instrumental	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan
Accusative	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan	þorniġan, þornġan
Genitive	þorniġra, þorniġena, þornġena	þorniġra, þorniġena, þornġena	þorniġra, þorniġena, þornġena
Dative	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġum, þornġum
Instrumental	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġum, þornġum	þorniġum, þornġum

Descendants

• Middle English: þorni, þorny, thorny
  • English: thorny
  • Scots: thorny

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þornig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.