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þorn

(n.)
Grammar
þorn, es; m.
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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.

þorn

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Of hafucðorne tó ðan langan þorne at Ichenilde wege ; ðæt swá tó ðan þriddan þorne æt wírhangran ; of ðám þorne tó ðám feórðan þorne on wrangan hylle foreweardre stent; ðæt swá forð tó dám fíftan þorne; tó þám ele-beáme, C. D. v. 297, 16-20

þornig

(adj.)
Grammar
þornig, adj. Thorny, full of thorns. v. þorn
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Se yrðling lufaþ ðone æcer ðe æfter ðornum and brémelum genihtsume wæstmas ágifþ swíðor ðonne hé lufige ðone ðe ðornig næs, Homl. Th. i. 342, 8. Gehega þíne eáran mid þornigum hege, Wulfst. 246, 9

æppel-þorn

(n.)

an apple-thorna crab-tree

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an apple-thorn, a crab-tree

sláh-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
sláh-þorn, es ; m.
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A sloe-thorn, blackthorn Slághþorn, sláchthorn, -dorn nigra spina, Txts. 81, 1380. Sláhþorn, slágh-, salach-thorn, 99, 1898. Sláhþorn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 39. Slágþorn, i. 285, 32. Ádelf niþeweardne sláhþorn, Lchdm. ii. 92, 30

Linked entry: slág-þorn

þorn-grǽfe

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-grǽfe, an; f.
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A thorn-copse Andlang ðære þorngrǽfan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 148, 4

Linked entry: wír-grǽfe

þífe-þorn

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Slít mid þefoþorne (cf. þorn, 106, 5), Lch. ii. 52, 8. Add

Linked entries: þéfan- þeófe-þorn

appel-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
appel-þorn, es; m.

An APPLE-THORNa crab-treepirus malus

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An APPLE-THORN, a crab-tree; pirus malus, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 460; A.D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 448, 20

Linked entry: æppel-þorn

þorn-stybb

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-stybb, -stubb, es; m.
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The stump of a thorn-tree Tó ðæm þornstybbe; of ðam þornstybbe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 252, 28. Tó ðan þornstybbe, vi. 8, 33, 37. On ðonæ þornstub, v. 291, 11. On ðone þornstyb; of ðam stybbe, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 169, 33

þeófe-þorn

Similar entry: þífe-þorn

hege-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hege-þorn, (?)

hawthornhaythorn

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hawthorn, haythorn (v. N. E. D. hawthorn). The word seems to occur in the compound hegeðonhyrs (l. (?) hegeðornhyrst), C. D. i. 261, 8

Linked entry: þorn

mǽr-þorn

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Of ðére þyrnan on mǽrþorn ; of mǽrþorne, D. D. vi. 221, 16. Add

hagu-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
hagu-þorn, hago-þorn, es; m.
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Take here <b>haga-þorn</b> in Dict., and add Hagudorn, heagoðorn alba spina, Txts. 36, 19

Linked entries: hæg-þorn haga-þorn

mǽr-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-þorn, es; m.

A hawthorn tree which serves as a boundary

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A hawthorn tree which serves as a boundary Of ðæm pytte on ðone díc, ðæt on mǽrþorne; of ðæm þorne norþ on ðone hwítan stán, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 168, 33

þífe-þorn

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þífe-þorn, þeófe-, þéfe-, þýfe-, þéfan-þorn, es; m.
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Buckthorn Ðeófeðorn, thébanthorn ramnus, Txts. 93, 1710. Þífeþorn, Wrt. Voc. i. 33, 43. Þéfeþorn, 68, 34. Þýfeþorn ramnus vel sentix ursina, 39, 23. Þéfanðorn, coltetræppe ramnus, 285, 47. Þéfanþorn, Lchdm. ii. 312, 15: 352, 12: 354, 24. Nim ðéfeþorn

Linked entry: þýfe

lús-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
lús-þorn, es; m.
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The spindle tree; euonymus Europæus Onlúsþorn; of lúsþorne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 19

brémel-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
brémel-þorn, es; m.

A bramble

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A bramble Andlanges furh on brémelþornan on ðá ealdan díc, C. D. iii. 10, 22

pric-þorn

(n.)
Grammar
pric-þorn, es; m.
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A prickly thorn tree On pricþorn, C. D. iii. 436, 16

þorn-geblǽd

(n.)
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a blister caused by the prick of a thorn, Lchdm. iii. 36, 21

þorn-rind

(n.)
Grammar
þorn-rind, e; f.
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The bark of a thorn-tree Hnutbeámes rinde and þornrinde gecnúa tó duste, Lchdm. ii. 52, 1