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þorn

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
þorn, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §278; §301; §395;
A thorn, the prickle of a plant or a plant on which such prickles grow
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  • Þorn

    spina,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 44: 80, 22
      • :

    tribulus

    ,
    • 33, 45
      • :

    dumus,

    • ii. 25, 70.

  • On ða þyrnan westeweardes, ðǽr se mycla þorn stód,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 404, 13
      • .

  • Tó hafucðornæ; of ðam þornæ on ðone brádan stán ... on hælnes þorn; of ðam þorne on ðone bróc,

    • v. 348, 21
      • .

  • On weocan þorn; of ðam þorne,

    • vi. 92, 3
      • .

  • Ðornas

    sentes,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 28
      • .

  • Þornas,

    • i. 33, 41: 80, 19
      • .

  • Hí wundon cynehelm of þornum

    plectentes coronam de spinis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 88, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 1446
      • .

  • Of ðæm hylle ðæt swá be ðǽm .IIII. þornan; of ðǽm þornan be ðǽm heáfdon,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 263, 31
      • .

  • Þornas and brémelas

    spinas et tribulos,

    • Gen. 3, 18
      • .

  • Sume feóllon on þornas; and ða þornas weóxon and forðrysmudon ða,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 13, 7
      • :
    • Mk. 4, 7
      • .

  • Swá ðú bærne þornas fýre

    sicut ignis in spinis,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 12
      • .

  • Átió hé of lande ða þornas and ða fyrsas and ðæt fearn and ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió ðæt ðám æcerum, derigen

    liberat arva fruticibus, falce rubos filicemque resecat,

    • Bt. 23
      • ;
    • Fox 78, 22
      • :
    • Met. 12, 3
      • .
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  • Þ byþ þearle scearp,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 339. 13
      • ;
    • Rún. 3
      • .
The name of the letter þ was þorn
Etymology
[
'The word is found in manylocal names. v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 341.
]
Linked entries
v.  Þ þornig.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þorn.” 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/31952.

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  • þorn, n.

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