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þorna

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse þorna.

Verb

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þorna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þornaði, supine þornað)

  1. (intransitive) to dry, to become dry
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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þorna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of þorn

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *þurznaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry).

Verb

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þorna

  1. (intransitive) to become dry, to dry up
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Descendants
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  • Faroese: torna
  • Icelandic: þorna

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þorna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

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Noun

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þorna

  1. accusative plural of þorn
  2. genitive plural of þorn