þorn

þorn = thorn in Old English

*trnós (sharp, stiff) in Proto-Indo-European > *þurnuz (thorn) in Proto-Germanic > þorn / þyrn (thorn) in Old English > thorn / þorn (thorn) in Middle English > thorn in English

The letter “þ” (uppercase “Þ”) existed in the Old Norse, Old English and Middle English alpahbets. Then it was replaced by other letters in most if the Germanic languages.
th > “thorn” (English, Old Dutch)
d > “doorn” (Dutch), “Dorn” (German)
t > “torn” (Danish, Norwegian), “tornur” (Faroese), “törne” (Swedish), “toarn” (West Frisian)
All meaning “thorn”.

Only Icelandic retained the letter “þ” after the Old Norse. The letter is called “þorn” in Icelandic.
“þorn” (Old Norse) > “þyrnir” (Islandic) = torn

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