þorn

• IPA^(key): /θɔrtn/

  Rhymes: -ɔrtn

• IPA^(key): /θɔtn/

þorn n (genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Þ.

þorn

1. Alternative form of thorn

• þyrn

From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon thorn (Low German Dorn, Doorn), Dutch doorn, Old High German thorn (German Dorn), Old Norse þorn (Swedish törne), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ) (Russian тёрн (tjorn, “sloe, blackthorn”), Slovak tŕň), Sanskrit तृण (tṛṇa, “grass”).

• IPA^(key): /θorn/

þorn m

1. thorn; thorny bush
2. The runic character ᚦ (/θ/ or /ð/).
3. The letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/).

• þorniġ

• Middle English: þorn, thorn, thurn, thern, thirn
  • Scots: thorne, thorn
  • English: thorn

From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn. From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

þorn m (genitive þorns, plural þornar)

1. (botany) thorn (= þyrnir m)
2. spike, esp. the tongue of a buckle, pin of a brooch

   þornar ok þistlar

   thorns and thistles

3. The letter Þ, þ

• þorngjǫrð f (“crown of thorns”)
• þornrunnr m (“thorn-bush”)

• þorn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.