Norn Definition

nôrn

noun

Any of the three goddesses, representing the past, present, and future, who determine the destiny of gods and mortals.

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verb

(intransitive, obsolete) To mourn; complain.

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(obsolete) To bring forward; proffer; propose.

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(obsolete) To say; speak; utter; tell.

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(obsolete) To call.

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pronoun

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

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Other Word Forms of Norn

Singular:

Norn

Plural:

norns

From Middle English nornen, nurnen, from Old English gnornan, gnornian (“to be sad, murmur, complain, mourn, lament, grieve"), from gnorn (“sad, sorrowful, troubled, depressed"), from Proto-Germanic *gnurnaz (“sad"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ°neus- (“to gnaw, scrape, rub"). Cognate with Old Saxon gnornōn (“to be sad").

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