þefanþorn
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ðeofeðorn, þefonþorn
- þebanthorn, þebanthron — early
- þȳfeþorn — influenced by þȳfel
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *þebōnþorn; compare þefian (“to heat”) and þorn (“thornbush”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
þefanþorn m (nominative plural þefanþornas)
- The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Declension[edit]
Declension of þefanþorn (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | þefanþorn | þefanþornas |
accusative | þefanþorn | þefanþornas |
genitive | þefanþornes | þefanþorna |
dative | þefanþorne | þefanþornum |
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: thevethorn, thefthorne, thethorn, thethorne, theuthorne, thevethorne, thewe-thorn, þefeþorn, þefþorne, þeoveþorn; þifþorn
References[edit]
- ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (1988) “*debandorn, depandorn”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 548