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þorn

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See also: thorn and Thorn

Icelandic

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Noun

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þorn n (genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Þ/þ.

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Middle English

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Noun

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þorn

  1. Alternative form of thorn

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *þornu (thorn, sloe).

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Noun

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þorn m

  1. thorn
  2. thorny bush
  3. the runic character (/θ/ or /ð/)
  4. the letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/)

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative þorn þornas
accusative þorn þornas
genitive þornes þorna
dative þorne þornum

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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þorn m (genitive þorns, plural þornar)

  1. (botany) thorn (= þyrnir m)
  2. spike, esp. the tongue of a buckle, pin of a brooch
    þornar ok þistlar
    thorns and thistles
  3. The letter Þ, þ

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References

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