"thornen" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more thornen [comparative], most thornen [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English thornen, from Old English þyrnen (“thorny, of thorns”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurnīn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnīnaz (“of thorns”), equivalent to thorn + -en. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thornen}} Middle English thornen, {{inh|en|ang|þyrnen|t=thorny, of thorns}} Old English þyrnen (“thorny, of thorns”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*þurnīn}} Proto-West Germanic *þurnīn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*þurnīnaz|t=of thorns}} Proto-Germanic *þurnīnaz (“of thorns”), {{suf|en|thorn|en|id2=made of}} thorn + -en Head templates: {{en-adj}} thornen (comparative more thornen, superlative most thornen)
  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Made of or consisting of thorns. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-thornen-en-adj-qOREua0y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (made of), Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 56 37 4 4 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 36 4 4 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 56 34 5 5

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