norn

• nurn

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”).

• IPA^(key): /nɔɹn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɹn

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.

• 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): /nɔrtn/
• Rhymes: -ɔrtn

norn f (genitive singular nornar, nominative plural nornir)

1. witch (person who uses magic)