Þorn

Old Norse Dictionary - þorn

Meaning of Old Norse word "þorn" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

þorn Old Norse word can mean:

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.)

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