Meanings (ES + gloss)
thorn
A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).
In Old English manuscripts thorn and eth did not have different phonetic values but were used positionally[.]
See also Etymology of ye (definite article).
Phrases
Christ's thornEgyptian thornGlastonbury thornJerusalem thornKaroo thornMysore thornOsage thornSeptember thornThorntonbastard umbrella thornblackthornboxthornbuckthornbuffalo thorncamelthorncrucifixion thorndesert-thornevery rose has a thornevery rose has its thornfairy thornfirethorngarland thorngiraffe thorngoat's thornhookthornknobthornmaythornmonkey thornno rose without a thornsandthornsweet thornthorn applethorn broomthorn clusterthorn devilthorn forestthorn hopperthorn in one's sidethorn in someone's sidethorn in the flesh
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