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Norn en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old Norse norn.

Meanings

  1. (Norse) Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.

Forms

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Meronyms

Urd · Verdandi · Skuld

Synonyms

Fate (goddess of fate or destiny)

Translations (7)

eo Norno (any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny) · de Norne (any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny) · mr नॉर्न (any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny) · pt Norna (any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny) · fr Norne (any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny) · sv norna (any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny) · es norna (any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny)

Norn en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots Norn, from Middle Scots Norn (“Norn, Norwegian”), from Middle English Norn, Norren (“Norwegian”), from Old English Norren, Norn (“Norwegian”), from Old Norse norrǿnn (“northern, Norwegian”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz (“northern”). Doublet of northern and Northron.

Meanings

  1. An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands.

Meronyms

Shetlandic · Shetlandish

Translations (25)

ga Nórnais (language) · nrn Norn (language) · ca norn (language) · is norn (language) · af Norn (language) · gv Nornish (language) · fo norn (language) · nl Norn (language) · gd Nòrnais (language) · cs nornština (language) · be норн (language) · da norn (language) · de Norn (language) · nb norn (language) · br norneg (language) · ast norn (language) · fi norni (language) · mr नॉर्न (language) · ru норн (language) · nn norn (language) · sco Norn (language) · sv norn (language) · tr Nornca (language) · fr norne (language) · nrf Nornnique (language)