different between thorn vs blackthorn

English

Etymology

From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, þyrn (“thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr?nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Near cognates include West Frisian toarn, Low German Doorn, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Danish and Norwegian torn, Swedish torn, törne, Gothic ???????????????????????????? (þaurnus). Further cognates include Old Church Slavonic ????? (tr?n?, “thorn”), Russian ???? (tjorn), Polish cier?, Sanskrit ??? (t???a, “grass”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Noun

thorn (plural thorns)

1. (botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
2. Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

3. (figuratively) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

4. A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
   • See also Etymology of ye (definite article).

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

thorn (third-person singular simple present thorns, present participle thorning, simple past and past participle thorned)

1. To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Translations

See also

• eth, edh, eð, ð
• wynn, wen, ?
• ?

Further reading

• thorn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thorns, spines, and prickles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thorn (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• North, Rt Hon, Rt. Hon., north

Middle English

Alternative forms

• þorn, thorne, thron, þron, þorne

Etymology

Inherited from Old English þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr?nós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rn/, /?r?n/

Noun

thorn (plural thornes)

1. A thorn (spine on a plant with a sharp point)
2. Thorn or eth (the letter þ and/or ð)
3. A plant having thorns, especially the hawthorn or rosebush.
4. (rare) Thorns pulled from the ground for burning.
5. (rare) A dish incorporating hawthorn.

Derived terms

• hawthorn
• thornbak
• thornen
• thornetre
• thorny

Descendants

• English: thorn
• Scots: thorn; torn (Shetland)

References

• “thorn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þornu (“thorn, sloe”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rn/

Noun

thorn m

1. thorn; thorny bush

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: d?rn
  • German Low German: Däörn, Doorn, Dorn, Durn

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

black +? thorn

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?blæk????n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?blæk????n/

Noun

blackthorn (plural blackthorns)

1. A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
2. A stick or staff taken from this tree.

Synonyms

• sloe

Translations

See also

• shillelagh