Noun: corn
Gender: n
Genitive
| Singular | cornes |
| Plural | corna |
Dative
| Singular | corne |
| Plural | cornum |
Sample Sentences
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880-1150, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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Hīe wǣron benumene æġðer ġe ðæs ċēapes ġe ðæs cornes. (They were deprived both of cattle and of corn.)
Nouns inflected like corn
hildebord,
fierdfæreld,
mearcland,
berland,
furlang,
cynebearn,
sundorriht,
sweostorbearn,
feaxnett,
sandland,
sandcorn,
wuldorwerod,
wyrmcynn,
feldland,
cweartern,
feohland,
landfæsten,
sundcorn,
meterfers,
framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-nóm
4. Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós
5. Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm
6. Proto-Germanic *kurną
7. Proto-West Germanic *korn
8. Old English corn
9. Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”).
10. Cognate with Old Frisian korn, Old Saxon korn (Low German Koorn), Dutch koren, Old High German korn, Old Norse korn, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn). See: Dutch Nouns '
koren', Gothic Nouns '
𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽'.
Verbs referencing "corn"
English Nouns
corn, Middle English Nouns
corn, Gothic Nouns
𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽.
Translations