þyrnir
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
þyrnir m (genitive singular þyrnis, nominative plural þyrnar)
Declension edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn. From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).
Noun edit
þyrnir m (genitive þyrnir, plural þyrnar)
Declension edit
Declension of þyrnir (strong ija-stem)
Derived terms edit
- þyrnafullr (“full of thorns”)
- þyrnihjalmr (“thorn-helmet”)
- þyrnikoróna f (“crown of thorns”)
- þyrnitré n (“thorn-bush”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: þyrnir
- Faroese: tyrni- (tyrnikjarr, tyrnirunnur, tyrniviður)
- Norwegian: tyrner
- Old Swedish: thø̄rne, thø̄rn
- Swedish: törne
- Danish: tjørn, tjørne
- → Finnish: tyrni
References edit
- þyrnir in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.