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thornen, a. Obs. exc. dial.|ˈθɔːnən|
Forms: 1 ð-, þyrnen, 2 þernen; 2–4 þornen, 4 (9 dial.) thornen, 9 dial. tharnin.
[In OE. þyrnen = OHG. durnîn, Goth. þaurneins,:—OTeut. *þurnînoz, f. *þurn-us thorn: see -en suffix4. ME. þornen (without umlaut) was assimilated to the n.; so Ger. dornen.]
Of thorns or thorn; thorny.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xxxvi. 260 He ᵹeðafode ðæt him mon sette ðyrnenne beaᵹ on ðæt heafod. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 252 His cempan..mid þyrnenum helme his heafod befengon. c1160Hatton Gosp. Mark xv. 17 Þa cempen..him on setten þernene helm awundene. c1175Lamb. Hom. 121 Mid þornene crune his heaued wes icruned. c1400Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) VI. 427 He feng a party of þe holy crosse, and som of þe crowne of þorne [MSS. α, γ, þornene crowne; β, þornen coroun]. 1859Hughes Scour. Wh. Horse iv, The tharnin tree..As is called King Alferd's tharn. 1863Barnes Poems iii. 29, I pass'd the maid avore the spring, An' shepherd by the thornen tree. |