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CORN

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
CORN, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§43; §106; §310; §343;
CORN, a grain, seed, berry; frumentum, granum, bacca
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  • Corn

    frumentum

    • Ælfc. Gl. 59
      • ;
    • Som. 67, 122
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 38, 44.

  • Wæs corn swá dýre, swá nán man ǽr ne gemunde

    corn was so dear, as no man before remembered it

    • Chr. 1044
      • ;
    • Erl. 168, 21
      • ;
    • Homl. Th. ii. 68, 17.

  • Hie wǽron benumene ǽgðer ge ðæs ceápes ge ðæs cornes

    they were deprived both of the cattle and of the corn

    • Chr. 895
      • ;
    • Erl. 93, 18
      • ;
    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 10, 8
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 254, 4.

  • Se Déma gegaderaþ ðæt clǽne corn into his berne

    the Judge will gather the pure corn into his barn

    • Homl. Th. ii. 68, 18
      • ;
    • Chr. 894
      • ;
    • Erl. 93, 11.

  • Hý heora corn ripon

    they reaped their corn

    • Ors. 4, 8
      • ;
    • Bos. 90, 33
      • ;
    • Chr. 896
      • ;
    • Erl. 94, 6
      • ;
    • Past. 52
      • ;
    • Hat. MS.

  • Corn

    granum

    • Wrt. Voc. 83, 16.

  • Ðæt hwǽtene corn wunaþ ána

    granum frumenti solum manet,

    • Jn. Bos. 12, 24
      • ;
    • Bt. 35, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 156, 2, 4.

  • Senepes corn

    granum sinapis

    • Lk. Bos. 17, 6.

  • Heofena ríce is geworden gelíc senepes corne, ðæt seów se man ou hys æcre

    simile est regnum cælorum grano sinapis, quod homo seminavit in agro suo

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 31,
      • ;
    • Lk. Bos. 13, 19.

  • Hægl byþ hwítust corna

    hail is the whitest of grains

    • Runic pm.9
      • ;
    • Kmbl. 341, 4
      • ;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135.

  • Se æppel monig corn oninnan him hæfþ

    the apple has many seeds inside it,

    • Past. 15, 5
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 19b, 23.

  • Ifig byrþ corn golde gelíce

    ivy bears berries like gold

    • Herb. 121, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 234, 4.

  • Genim ðysse wyrte twentig corna

    take twenty grains of this herb [ivy ]

    • 121, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 234, 6.
a hard or cornlike pimple, a corn, kernel on the feet; pustula, clavus
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  • Ðis mæg horse wið ðon ðe him biþ corn on ða fét

    this may be for a horse which has corns on his feet

    • Lchdm. iii. 62, 22.
Etymology
Prompt. corne
Wyc. Chauc. R. Glouc. corn
Laym. corn, n.
Orm. corn.
Plat. koren, koorn.
O. Sax. korn, korni, kurni, n.
O. Frs. korn.
Dut. kóren, n.
Ger. M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. korn, n.
Goth. kaurno, n. a grain of corn
Dan. Swed. Icel. korn, n. a grain of corn
Derived forms
giþ-corn, mete-, sand-, sund-
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CORN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6581.

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