Old English · noun

corn

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /korn/
[korˠn]
Syllables: korn (1 syllable)
Modern English: corn cornlike seed grain pimple

Meaning

corn, a grain or seed

Hīe wǣron benumene æġðer ġe ðæs ċēapes ġe ðæs cornes.

They were deprived both of cattle and of corn.
880-1150, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
a cornlike pimple, a corn on the foot

Declension

Declension of corn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	corn	corn
Accusative	corn	corn
Genitive	cornes	corna
Dative	corne	cornum

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Germanic *kurną Proto-West Germanic *korn Old English corn Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Cognate with Old Frisian korn, Old Saxon korn (Low German Koorn), Dutch koren, Old High German korn, Old Norse korn, Gothic (kaurn).

Descendants

corn

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