þefanþorn

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ðeofeðorn, þefonþorn thebanthorn, þebanthron — early þȳfeþorn — influenced by þȳfel === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þebōnþorn; compare þefian (“to heat”) and þorn (“thornbush”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθe.fɑnˌθorn/, [ˈθe.vɑnˌθorˠn] === Noun === þefanþorn m (nominative plural þefanþornas) The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thevethorn, thefthorne, thethorn, thethorne, theuthorne, thevethorne, thewe-thorn, þefeþorn, þefþorne, þeoveþorn, þifþorn (Early Middle English) Middle English: theve (back-formation)⇒ English: feaberry, faeberry, faiberry, fayberry ==== References ====