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See also: thorn and Thorn

þorn n ‎(genitive singular þorns, nominative plural þorn)

declension of þorn

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	þorn	þornið	þorn	þornin
accusative	þorn	þornið	þorn	þornin
dative	þorni	þorninu	þornum	þornunum
genitive	þorns	þornsins	þorna	þornanna

þorn m

Declension of þorn (strong a-stem)

From Proto-Germanic *þurnuz ‎(“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *trnus, *tr̥nom < *(s)tern- ‎(“thorny bush, thorn”), a variant of the base *(s)ter-, *(s)terə- ‎(“rigid, stiff”). 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”).