þefanþorn
Old English
editAlternative forms
edit- ðeofeðorn, þefonþorn
- þebanthorn, þebanthron — early
- þȳfeþorn — influenced by þȳfel
Etymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *þebōnþorn; compare þefian (“to heat”) and þorn (“thornbush”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editþefanþorn m (nominative plural þefanþornas)
- The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Declension
editDeclension of þefanþorn (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | þefanþorn | þefanþornas |
accusative | þefanþorn | þefanþornas |
genitive | þefanþornes | þefanþorna |
dative | þefanþorne | þefanþornum |
Descendants
edit- Middle English: thevethorn, thefthorne, thethorn, thethorne, theuthorne, thevethorne, thewe-thorn, þefeþorn, þefþorne, þeoveþorn; þifþorn (Early Middle English)
References
edit- ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (1988) “*debandorn, depandorn”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 548