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thorn
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)
- (botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.
- Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
- (figuratively) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
- 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)
- 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)
- A thorn (spine on a plant with a sharp point)
- Thorn or eth (the letter þ and/or ð)
- A plant having thorns, especially the hawthorn or rosebush.
- (rare) Thorns pulled from the ground for burning.
- (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
- thorn; thorny bush
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: d?rn
- German Low German: Däörn, Doorn, Dorn, Durn
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thoan
English
Adjective
thoan (comparative thoaner or more thoan, superlative thoanest or most thoan)
- Alternative form of thone ("damp, moist").
Anagrams
- -a-thon, -athon, Hotan, Notah, antho-