norn

See also: Norn

English

Alternative forms

• nurn

Etymology

From Middle English nornen, nurnen, from Old English gnornan, gnornian (“to be sad, murmur, complain, mourn, lament, grieve”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnuʀnōn (“to mourn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnew- (“to gnaw, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Old Saxon gnornōn (“to be sad”).

Alternatively, the Middle English word may be of North Germanic origin. Compare dialectal Swedish norna, nyrna (“to inform secretly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔɹn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɹn

Verb

norn (third-person singular simple present norns, present participle norning, simple past and past participle norned)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To mourn; complain.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forward; proffer; propose.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To say; speak; utter; tell.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To call.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔɻɳ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse norn.

Noun

norn f (genitive singular nornar, plural nornir)

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

Declension

Declension of norn
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	norn	nornin	nornir	nornirnar
accusative	norn	nornina	nornir	nornirnar
dative	norn	nornini	nornum	nornunum
genitive	nornar	nornarinnar	norna	nornanna

Synonyms

• norna

Etymology 2

From English Norn or Scots Norn, from Norn, from Old Norse norrǿna.

Noun

norn n (genitive singular norns, uncountable)

1. (language) Norn

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	norn
Accusative	norn
Dative	norni
Genitive	norns

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse norn (“norn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔrtn/
• Rhymes: -ɔrtn

Noun

norn f (genitive singular nornar, nominative plural nornir)

1. witch (person who uses magic)