haguþorn

Old English

Alternative forms

• hagaþorn, hæguþorn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haguþorn, from *hagu (“enclosure; pasture”) +‎ *þorn (“thorn; briar”). Cognate with Old Saxon haguthorn, Old High German hagudorn, Old Dutch *haguthorn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.ɡuˌθorn/, [ˈhɑ.ɣuˌθorˠn]

Noun

haguþorn m

1. hawthorn

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	haguþorn	haguþornas
accusative	haguþorn	haguþornas
genitive	haguþornes	haguþorna
dative	haguþorne	haguþornum

Descendants

• Middle English: hawthorn, haȝ þorn, haȝþorne, haue-thorne, hauȝ þorne, hauthorne, hauþorn, hauþorne, hawethorn, hawethorne, haweþorn, hawe-þorn, hawe þorn, hawȝþorn, hawthern, hawthorne, hawthorun, haw-thron, hawþrone
  • English: hawthorn
  • Scots: hawthorn
• → Old Norse: hagþorn
  • Old Swedish: haghþorn
    • Swedish: hagtorn