"þorn" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /θorn/, [θorˠn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *þornu (“thorn, sloe”). Cognates Germanic cognates include Old Saxon thorn (Low German Dorn, Doorn), Dutch doorn, Old High German thorn (German Dorn), Old Norse þorn (Swedish törne), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ) (Russian тёрн (tjorn, “sloe, blackthorn”), Slovak tŕň), Sanskrit तृण (tṛṇa, “grass”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*þornu|t=thorn, sloe}} Proto-West Germanic *þornu (“thorn, sloe”), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|osx|thorn}} Old Saxon thorn, {{cog|nds|Dorn}} Low German Dorn, {{cog|nl|doorn}} Dutch doorn, {{cog|goh|thorn}} Old High German thorn, {{cog|de|Dorn}} German Dorn, {{cog|non|þorn}} Old Norse þorn, {{cog|sv|törne}} Swedish törne, {{cog|got|𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃}} Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus), {{cog|cu|трънъ|sc=Cyrs}} Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ), {{cog|ru|тёрн||sloe, blackthorn}} Russian тёрн (tjorn, “sloe, blackthorn”), {{cog|sk|tŕň}} Slovak tŕň, {{cog|sa|तृण||grass}} Sanskrit तृण (tṛṇa, “grass”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} þorn m, {{ang-noun|m}} þorn m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|þorn}}, {{ang-decl-noun|þorn|þornas|þorn|þornas|þornes|þorna|þorne|þornum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], þorn [nominative, singular], þornas [nominative, plural], þorn [accusative, singular], þornas [accusative, plural], þornes [genitive, singular], þorna [genitive, plural], þorne [dative, singular], þornum [dative, plural]
  1. thorn Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-þorn-ang-noun-BJruvsjr Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 16 31 4
  2. thorny bush Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-þorn-ang-noun-ghx~iblU
  3. the runic character ᚦ (/θ/ or /ð/) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-þorn-ang-noun-kVD7u415 Categories (other): Undetermined terms with redundant script codes
  4. the letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-þorn-ang-noun-jLOahfDv Disambiguation of Latin letter names: 24 18 13 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: *ᚦᚩᚱᚾ (alt: *þórn) Derived forms: æppelþorn, slāhþorn, þefanþorn, þorniġ, þyrnen

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "æppelþorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "slāhþorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "þefanþorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "þorniġ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "þyrnen"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: thorn, thorne, thron, thurne, þorn, þorne, þron\nEnglish: thorn\nScots: thorn; torn (Shetland)\nYola: thoornes, thorns, thurns"
    }
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      "name": "dercat"
    },
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        "t": "thorn, sloe"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "col-top"
    },
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        "2": "thorn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon thorn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
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      },
      "expansion": "Low German Dorn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "doorn"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch doorn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "thorn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German thorn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Dorn"
      },
      "expansion": "German Dorn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "þorn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse þorn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "törne"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish törne",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "трънъ",
        "sc": "Cyrs"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "тёрн",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sloe, blackthorn"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "tŕň"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovak tŕň",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "तृण",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grass"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit तृण (tṛṇa, “grass”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
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        "7": "þorne",
        "8": "þornum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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      ],
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    },
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θorn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[θorˠn]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "*þórn",
      "word": "*ᚦᚩᚱᚾ"
    }
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}
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    "Old English masculine nouns",
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    "Pages with 4 entries",
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      "word": "æppelþorn"
    },
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      "word": "slāhþorn"
    },
    {
      "word": "þefanþorn"
    },
    {
      "word": "þorniġ"
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    {
      "word": "þyrnen"
    }
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        }
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    {
      "args": {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the runic character ᚦ (/θ/ or /ð/)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ᚦ",
          "ᚦ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Þ",
          "Þ"
        ],
        [
          "þ",
          "þ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/θorn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[θorˠn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "*þórn",
      "word": "*ᚦᚩᚱᚾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "þorn"
}

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