horn in Old English

IPA: /xorn/, [horˠn] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn, head, top”). Cognate with Old Frisian horn, Old Saxon horn, Old High German horn, Old Norse horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn). Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*horn}} Proto-West Germanic *horn, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*hurną}} Proto-Germanic *hurną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-||horn, head, top}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn, head, top”), {{cog|ofs|horn}} Old Frisian horn, {{cog|osx|horn}} Old Saxon horn, {{cog|goh|horn}} Old High German horn, {{cog|non|horn}} Old Norse horn, {{cog|got|𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽}} Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} horn m, {{ang-noun|m}} horn m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|horn}}, {{ang-decl-noun|horn|hornas|horn|hornas|hornes|horna|horne|hornum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], horn [nominative, singular], hornas [nominative, plural], horn [accusative, singular], hornas [accusative, plural], hornes [genitive, singular], horna [genitive, plural], horne [dative, singular], hornum [dative, plural]

Inflected forms

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      "form": "horne",
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      "ipa": "[horˠn]"
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"horn" meaning in Old English

Noun

Inflected forms