ÞORN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ÞORN

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ÞORN

m. [Ulf. þaurnus = ἄκανθα; A. S. þorn; Engl. thorn; O. H. G. and Germ. dorn; Dan. torn]:—a thorn; þorna ok þistla, Eluc. 45; með þornum, Greg. 31; þorn ok klungr, Stj. 38, 47, passim; hag-þorn, cp. þyrnir.

2 ÞORN

II. metaph. a spike; með hvössum þornum, Sks. 419: esp. the tongue of a buckle, pin of a brooch, hón þóttisk taka þorn einn or serk sínum, Hkr. i; þorninn gekk í sundr í sverðfetlinum, Sturl. iii. 163; þorninn í belti þiuu, Pr. 431; poët., þorns þöll, þorna Freyja, Þ;rúðr …, the fairy of the fibula, i. e. a lady, Lex. Poët., and in mod. usage; þorn-reið, þorn-grund, poët. = a lady, Lex. Poët.

3 ÞORN

2. the letter þorn (see Þ), Skálda 168, Edda ii. 365.

Runic Inscription

þᚢᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
Fr
French in etymologies.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
p.
page.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
S.
South, Southern.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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