Torn

Old Danish Dictionary - torn

Meaning of Old Danish word "Torn", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Torn can mean:

  • no. (isl porn)
  • 1) i nuv. bet. torn på planter; PL?" I. ny 58 ;,hof(ovf. u forn); MP 266 (u, spina); Etym 1211; Steph I. 173a; hvo rosen vil plukke, maa ej reddes for torne. PSO I. 22. — hank.; dett var aldrig saa liden en torn, hand tog io huden af min fod. DgF II. 398b (= bun. sst. 8972). Gennemgående hank. i Nord og t. — spændetorn; Etym 436 (ovf. IV. 27920); NL 415. —
  • 2) tornebusk, ris; Luc 35 (ovf. ,mIV, 940au = 1 Msb 818, ÆB: thornæ; 1550 (og flgd. overs.): torn); et Jess thovnn (1558). Rsv IL. 193, 194 (ovf. IV. 113218); klittetag, hielme, slii, eller the torn, som groer paa strand- backen (1558). Rsvé IV, 282; Tdm I 77 (ovf. IL 437bæ); Etym 841 (u. dumus), 1409 (u. vepres), Jfengel-, hage(n)-, hjorte-, hjuben-, korsbær-, kron- (II 643am), led-, nagle-, nøglslidre-, slå, sort- (ovf. IV. 222247), stikkelbær., stinge-, sund, søljet. — Tornebuts og bats, no. slag med (pine af) torne; din rosen-krandtz, din purpur-stadtz det giør dend torne- budtz og badtz mod ham, saa blood udtrenger. KPs 517. Jf buds (se I, till 442).

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚮᚱᚿ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
et.
enkelttal (singularis).
hank.
hankon (masculinum).
n.
norsk.
t.
tysk.

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