different between orn vs ofn

English

Verb

orn (third-person singular simple present orns, present participle orning, simple past and past participle orned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To ornament; to adorn.

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Anagrams

• NOR, NRO, Nor., RON, Ron, nor, nor-, ron

Middle English

Noun

orn

1. Alternative form of horn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ovn, Norwegian Nynorsk omn, Swedish ugn, Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Gothic ???????????????????? (auhns)), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Huk?-, *ukwnos (compare Sanskrit ??? (ukh?), Old Armenian ????? (akut?), Albanian anë, Latin aulla, olla, Ancient Greek ????? (ipnós)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pn/
• Rhymes: -?pn

Noun

ofn m (genitive singular ofns, nominative plural ofnar)

1. oven
2. stove
3. furnace
4. radiator

Declension

Derived terms

• bakarofn (“baking oven”)
• blástursofn (“convection oven”)
• brennsluofn (“kiln”)
• bræðsluofn (“furnace”)
• ofnhanski (“oven glove, oven mitt”)
• ofnsteiktur (“oven-cooked, oven-roasted”)
• rafmagnsofn (“electric oven, electric heater”)
• örbylgjuofn (“microwave oven”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ofen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofn/, [ovn]

Noun

ofn m

1. oven, stove
2. furnace

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: oven
  • Scots: ovin, uven, une
  • English: oven

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *?obnos (“fear”) (compare Breton aon, Cornish own, Old Irish ómun).

Noun

ofn m (plural ofnau)

1. fear

Derived terms

• ofni (“to fear”)
• ofnus (“fearful, timorous”)

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