þorn

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /θɔrtn/

  Rhymes: -ɔrtn

• IPA: /θɔtn/

Noun

þorn n (genitive singular þorns, plural þorn)

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

Declension

declension of þorn

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þorn	þornið	þorn	þornin
accusative	þorn	þornið	þorn	þornin
dative	þorni	þorninu	þornum	þornunum
genitive	þorns	þornsins	þorna	þornanna

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Old English

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tern- (“thorny bush, thorn”), a variant of the base *(s)ter-, *(s)terə- (“rigid, stiff”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon thorn (Low German Dorn), Dutch doorn, Old High German thorn (German Dorn), Old Norse þorn (Swedish törne), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic трьнъ (Russian тёрн (“sloe, blackthorn”)), Sanskrit तृण (“grass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /θorn/

Noun

þorn m

1. thorn; thorny bush
2. The runic character ᚦ (/θ/ or /ð/).
3. The letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/).

Declension

    Declension of þorn (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	þorn	þornas
accusative	þorn	þornas
genitive	þornes	þorna
dative	þorne	þornum

Descendants

• English: thorn