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Norn¹

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From Old Norse norn.

noun Norns

  1. Norse Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.

    Similar: Fate

Norn²

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

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

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noun any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny

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"Norn." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/norn. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Norn. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/norn

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@misc{norn_2026,
  title = {Norn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/norn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}