𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔr.nus/

Noun

𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 • (þaurnus) m

1. thorn (any shrub or small tree that bears thorns)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Matthew (Codex Argenteus) 7.16:

     𐌱𐌹 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌹𐌶𐌴 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐌹𐌽𐍃. 𐌹𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌹 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳[𐌰] 𐌰𐍆 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌰𐍆 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌼 𐍃𐌼𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌰𐌽𐍃?

     bi akranam izē ufkunnaiþ ins. ibiai lisand[a] af þaurnum weinabasja aiþþau af wigadeinōm smakkans?

     Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? (KJV).

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 8.7:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐌿𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌴, 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌳𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌰.

     jah sum gadraus in midumai þaurniwē, jah miþuskeinandans þai þaurnjus afƕapidēdun þata.

     And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. (KJV).

Declension

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

Masculine/feminine u-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 þaurnus	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 þaurnjus
Vocative	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌿 þaurnau	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 þaurnjus
Accusative	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿 þaurnu	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌽𐍃 þaurnuns
Genitive	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 þaurnaus	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌴 þaurniwē
Dative	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌿 þaurnau	𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐌼 þaurnum

Coordinate terms

• 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (aiƕatundi, “bramble”)
• 𐌱𐌰𐌲𐌼𐍃 (bagms, “tree”)
• 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐍃 (gras, “blade, herb”)
• 𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐍃 (nardus, “nard”)
• 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃 (raus, “cane”)
• 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (weinatriu, “vine”)
• 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌼 (wigadeinōm, “thistle”)

Related terms

• 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þaurneins, “made of thorn”)

Further reading

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 147