horn – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of horn

Noun: horn
Gender: m

Nominative

Singularhorn
Pluralhornas

Genitive

Singularhornes
Pluralhorna

Dative

Singularhorne
Pluralhornum

Accusative

Singularhorn
Pluralhornas

Sample Sentences

  • Laws of King Ine
  • Oxan horn bið X pæninga weorð. (The worth of an ox's horn is ten pennies.)

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn, head, top”).
2. Cognate with Old Frisian horn, Old Saxon horn, Old High German horn, Old Norse horn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn). See: Old Norse Nouns 'horn', Gothic Nouns '𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽'.

Verbs referencing "horn"

English Nouns horn, Middle English Nouns horn, Old Norse Nouns horn, English Nouns hornbeam, Gothic Nouns 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽.

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