norn

== Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔɻɳ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse norn. ==== Noun ==== norn f (genitive singular nornar, plural nornir) (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny. ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== norna === Etymology 2 === From English Norn or Scots Norn, from Norn, from Old Norse norrǿna. ==== Noun ==== norn n (genitive singular norns, uncountable) (language) Norn ===== Declension ===== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse norn (“norn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nɔ(r)t⁽ʰ⁾n/ Rhymes: -ɔrtn === Noun === norn f (genitive singular nornar, nominative plural nornir) witch (person who uses magic) ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === 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”). 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. === Noun === norn f Norn (supernatural woman adminstering fate) Synonym: dís Anonymous, Fáfnismál 13 ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: norn Norwegian Bokmål: norne → English: Norn (learned) → Faroese: norn, norna (learned) → French: Norne (learned) → German: Norne (learned) → Portuguese: Norna (learned) → Spanish: norna (learned) → Swedish: norna (learned) === References ===