norn

• IPA^(key): /nɔɻɳ/

From Old Norse norn.

norn f (genitive singular nornar, plural nornir)

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

• norna

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

norn n (genitive singular norns, uncountable)

1. (language) Norn

From Old Norse norn (“norn”).

• IPA^(key): /nɔ(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/
• Rhymes: -ɔrtn

norn f (genitive singular nornar, nominative plural nornir)

1. witch (person who uses magic)

Probably either inherited from Proto-Germanic *nurnō and connected to *nurnōną (“to inform”) (dialectal Swedish norna) or a post-Proto-Germanic formation from that verb, which is perhaps ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (“to murmur”).^[1]

The change from an ō-stem to an i-stem (an original i-stem *nurniz would yield *nurn) is possibly on the model of the semantically related dís and the names of two Norns (Urðr and Skuld; Verðandi is a nd-stem), though compare e.g. sorg.

norn f

1. Norn (supernatural woman adminstering fate)

   Synonym: dís

   • Anonymous, Fáfnismál 13

     Sundrbornar mjǫk · hygg ek at nornir sé,
     eigut þær ætt saman;
     sumar eru áskunngar, · sumar álfkunngar,
     sumar dǿtr Dvalins.

     Of most varying birth I think the norns are; they do not share one lineage.
     Some are born of gods, some are born of elves, some are daughters of Dvalinn [a dwarf].

• Icelandic: norn
• Norwegian Bokmål: norne
• → English: Norn (learned)
• → Faroese: norn, norna (learned)
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