Thornen
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Made of or consisting of thorns. dialectal, obsolete
"In that district it was a favourite remedy for scald head in a baby to hang cotton wool on a "thornen hedge" by moonlight."
Example
More examples"In that district it was a favourite remedy for scald head in a baby to hang cotton wool on a "thornen hedge" by moonlight."
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.
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