Þorn
Old Norse Dictionary - þorn
Meaning of Old Norse word "þorn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þorn can mean:þorn
- 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.
- 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.
- þorn
- 2. the letter þorn (see Þ), Skálda 168, Edda ii. 365.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚱᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- esp.
- especially.
- i. e.
- id est.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)