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Norn

1

[ nawrn ]

noun

  1. an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.


Norn

2

[ nawrn ]

noun

, Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. any of three goddesses of fate, the goddess of the past Urd, the goddess of the present Verdandi, and the goddess of the future Skuld.

Norn

1

/ nɔːn /

noun

  1. the medieval Norse language of the Orkneys, Shetlands, and parts of N Scotland. It was extinct by 1750
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Norn

2

/ nɔːn /

noun

  1. Norse myth any of the three virgin goddesses of fate, who predestine the lives of the gods and men
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Norn1

< Old Norse norrœnn, earlier northrœnn Norwegian, literally, northern
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Norn1

C17: from Old Norse norŕœna Norwegian, from northr north

Origin of Norn2

C18: Old Norse
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Example Sentences

A luckless Norn in times of old decreed, that in the water I should wade.

The Norn scene is as purely theatrical as anything he wrote; the atmosphere is, so to speak, artificially weird.

Gud and Rosta, and the youngest norn, Skuld, always ride to sway the battle and choose the slain.

But there are indeed many other Norns, for when a man is born there is a Norn to determine his fate.

The first Norn unwound from her waist a golden rope and tied one end of it to a branch of the fir tree.

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