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Old English · noun

þorn

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/θorn/
[θorˠn]
Syllables
θorn (1 syllable)
Modern English
thornthorny

Meaning

  1. thorn

  2. thorny bush

  3. the runic character (/θ, ð/)

    byþ þearle sċearp, þeġna ġehwylċum...

    Thorn is severely sharp to all warriors...

    The Old English rune poem

  4. the letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/)

Declension

Declension of þorn
SingularPlural
Nominative þornþornas
Accusative þornþornas
Genitive þornesþorna
Dative þorneþornum

All forms (6)

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 (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”).

Descendants

thorn

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