þyrnir

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. Compare Faroese torn, Norwegian Bokmål torn, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθɪrtnɪr/ Rhymes: -ɪrtnɪr === Noun === þyrnir m (genitive singular þyrnis, nominative plural þyrnar) thorn ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn. From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). === Noun === þyrnir m (genitive þyrnir, plural þyrnar) (botany) thorn (= þorn m) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== þyrnafullr (“full of thorns”) þyrnihjalmr (“thorn-helmet”) þyrnikoróna f (“crown of thorns”) þyrnitré n (“thorn-bush”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þyrnir Faroese: tyrni- (tyrnikjarr, tyrnirunnur, tyrniviður) Norwegian: tyrner Old Swedish: thø̄rne, thø̄rn Swedish: törne Danish: tjørn, tjørne → Finnish: tyrni === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þyrnir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 514; also available at the Internet Archive