þorn

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θɔ(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/ Rhymes: -ɔrtn === Noun === þorn n (genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn) The name of the Latin script letter Þ/þ. ==== Declension ==== == Middle English == === Noun === þorn alternative form of thorn == Old English == === Alternative forms === *ᚦᚩᚱᚾ (*þórn) === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þornu (“thorn, sloe”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θorn/, [θorˠn] === Noun === þorn m thorn thorny bush the runic character ᚦ (/θ/ or /ð/) the letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/) ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thorn, thorne, thron, thurne, þorn, þorne, þronEnglish: thornScots: thorn; torn (Shetland)Yola: thoornes, thorns, thurns == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn. From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). === Noun === þorn m (genitive þorns, plural þornar) (botany) thorn (= þyrnir m) spike, esp. the tongue of a buckle, pin of a brooch the letter Þ, þ ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== þorngjǫrð f (“crown of thorns”) þornrunnr m (“thorn-bush”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þorn Faroese: torn Old Swedish: þorn Swedish: torn Norwegian: torn Danish: torn === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þorn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514; also available at the Internet Archive