Thorn

See also: thorn and þorn

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Thorn

  1. A topographic surname​ for someone living near a thorn bush.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
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Noun

Thorn m

  1. Þ, thorn (letter)

Proper noun

Thorn n

  1. Toruń (city in Poland)

Further reading

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórr, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz.

Noun

Thorn (definite singular, indeclinable)

  1. Lightning, thunder.[1]
    Thorn går
    thunder rolls
    Thorn slo ne
    lightning struck down

Derived terms

References
  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Thorn”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 729
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