norn
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English nornen, nurnen, from Old English gnornan, gnornian (“to be sad, murmur, complain, mourn, lament, grieve”), from Proto-Germanic *gnurnōną (“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”).
Verb
norn (third-person singular simple present norns, present participle norning, simple past and past participle norned)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To mourn; complain.
- (transitive, obsolete) To bring forward; proffer; propose.
- (transitive, obsolete) To say; speak; utter; tell.
- (transitive, obsolete) To call.
Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
norn f (genitive singular nornar, plural nornir)
Declension
Declension of norn | ||||
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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
Etymology 2
From English Norn or Scots Norn, from Norn, from Old Norse norrǿna.
Noun
norn n (genitive singular norns, uncountable)
- (language) Norn
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | norn |
Accusative | norn |
Dative | norni |
Genitive | norns |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
norn f (genitive singular nornar, nominative plural nornir)
- witch (person who uses magic)
Declension
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from North Germanic languages
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- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
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- fo:Norse mythology
- Faroese terms derived from English
- Faroese terms derived from Scots
- Faroese terms derived from Norn
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔrtn
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