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Norn
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norn
English
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Norn.wav Southern England
Etymology 1
From en non norn.
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right|thumb|Baldr's Death by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1817. The three Norns and the tree Yggdrasil can be seen in the background.
Noun
en Norse mythology Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.
Synonyms
goddess of fate or destiny en Fate Greek mythology
Meronyms
en Urd (“Fate” or “Past”)
en Verdandi (“Happening” or “Present”)
en Skuld (“Debt” or “Future”)
Translations
any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny
Esperanto: eo Norno
French: fr Norne f
German: de Norne f
Marathi: mr नॉर्न f
Portuguese: pt Norna f
Spanish: es norna f
Swedish: sv norna c
Etymology 2
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en sco Norn, from en gmw-msc Norn Norn, Norwegian, from en enm Norn, en Norren Norwegian, from en ang Norren, ang Norn Norwegian, from en non norrǿnn northern, Norwegian, from en gem-pro *nurþrōnijaz northern.
en northern Northron.
Proper noun
An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
Meronyms
language en Shetlandish, en Shetlandic
Translations
language
Afrikaans: af Norn
Asturian: ast norn m
Belarusian: be норн m
Breton: br norneg m
Catalan: ca norn m
Czech: cs nornština f
Danish: da norn n
Dutch: nl Norn n
Faroese: fo norn n
Finnish: fi norni
French: fr norne m
German: de Norn n
Icelandic: is norn n
Irish: ga Nórnais f
Manx: gv Nornish
Marathi: mr नॉर्न f
Norman: nrf Nornnique
Norn: nrn Norn
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb norn n
Nynorsk: nn norn n
Russian: ru норн m
Scots: sco Norn
Scottish Gaelic: gd Nòrnais f
Swedish: sv norn
Turkish: tr Nornca
en Extinct languages Gods Languages
Middle English
Etymology
From enm Norrene.
Adjective
Related or pertaining to Norway; Norwegian
Synonyms
enm Norenissce
enm Noreine
References
Noreine n MED29793 2018-04-01
Old English
Adjective
ang Norren