þyrnir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (thorn, sloe), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter-. Compare Faroese torn, Norwegian Bokmål torn, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɪrtnɪr/
    Rhymes: -ɪrtnɪr

Noun

þyrnir m (genitive singular þyrnis, nominative plural þyrnar)

  1. thorn

Declension

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