þorn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɔrtn/

  Rhymes: -ɔrtn

• IPA^(key): /θɔtn/

Noun

þorn n (genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Þ/þ.

Alternative forms

• þyrn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θorn/

Noun

þorn m

1. thorn; thorny bush
2. The runic character ᚦ (/θ/ or /ð/).
3. The letter Þ, þ (/θ/ or /ð/).