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English
Etymology
From Middle English thornen, from Old English þyrnen (“thorny, of thorns”), from Proto-West Germanic *þurnīn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnīnaz (“of thorns”), equivalent to thorn + -en.
Adjective
thornen (comparative more thornen, superlative most thornen)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Made of or consisting of thorns.
1897, Frederick Hancock, The parish of Selworthy in the county of Somerset, page 233:In that district it was a favourite remedy for scald head in a baby to hang cotton wool on a "thornen hedge" by moonlight.
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɔrnən/, /ˈθoːrnən/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English þyrnen, from Proto-West Germanic *þurnīn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnīnaz (“of thorns”), equivalent to thorn + -en (“made of”).
Adjective
thornen
- Composed of thorns or thorny plants; made of or consisting of thorns.
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Etymology 2
From thorn + -en (infinitival suffix).
Verb
thornen (rare)
- To thorn; to poke as with thorns.
- To have or grow thorns.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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