þyrnir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. Compare Faroese torn, Norwegian Bokmål torn, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɪrtnɪr/

  Rhymes: -ɪrtnɪr

Noun

þyrnir m (genitive singular þyrnis, nominative plural þyrnar)

1. thorn

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

þyrnir m (genitive þyrnir, plural þyrnar)

1. (botany) thorn (= þorn m)

Declension

  Declension of þyrnir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þyrnir	þyrnirinn	þyrnar	þyrnarnir
accusative	þyrni	þyrninn	þyrna	þyrnana
dative	þyrni	þyrninum	þyrnum	þyrnunum
genitive	þyrnis	þyrnisins	þyrna	þyrnanna

Derived terms

• þyrnafullr (“full of thorns”)
• þyrnihjalmr (“thorn-helmet”)
• þyrnikoróna f (“crown of thorns”)
• þyrnitré n (“thorn-bush”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: þyrnir
• Faroese: tyrni- (tyrnikjarr, tyrnirunnur, tyrniviður)
• Norwegian: tyrner
• Old Swedish: thø̄rne, thø̄rn
  • Swedish: törne
• Danish: tjørn, tjørne
• → Finnish: tyrni

References

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