Norn

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny. Norse
  2. 2
    (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands.

Synonyms

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fatefateshetlandishweird sisterweird sister

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old Norse norn.

Etymology 2

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.

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orkney islandsshetland islands

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