þefanþorn

Old English

Alternative forms

• ðeofeðorn, þefonþorn
• þebanthorn, þebanthron — early
• þȳfeþorn — influenced by þȳfel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þebōnþorn; compare þefian (“to heat”) and þorn (“thornbush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθe.fɑnˌθorn/, [ˈθe.vɑnˌθorˠn]

Noun

þefanþorn m (nominative plural þefanþornas)

1. The European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

Declension

Declension of þefanþorn (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þefanþorn	þefanþornas
accusative	þefanþorn	þefanþornas
genitive	þefanþornes	þefanþorna
dative	þefanþorne	þefanþornum

Descendants

• Middle English: thevethorn, thefthorne, thethorn, thethorne, theuthorne, thevethorne, thewe-thorn, þefeþorn, þefþorne, þeoveþorn; þifþorn
  • Middle English: theve (back-formation)
    • ⇒ English: feaberry, faeberry, faiberry, fayberry