þyrnen beag

Old English

Etymology

Translation of Latin spinea corona, itself translating Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀκάνθινος στέφανος (akánthinos stéphanos).

Noun

þyrnen bēag m

1. crown of thorns
   • c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

     Sē þe ūs ġehǣlþ fram þām stiċe ūrra synna, hē ġeþafode þæt him man sette þyrnenne bēag on þæt hēafod.

     The person who heals us from the stabs of our sins allowed a crown of thorns to be placed on his head.

Declension

See the declensions of þyrnen and bēag.