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”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

þefanþorn m (nominative plural þefanþornas)

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

References

Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (1988) “*debandorn, depandorn”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 548

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