"Norn" meaning in English

See Norn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Ultimately from Old Norse norrǿnn (“northern, Norse”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|norrǿnn||northern, Norse}} Old Norse norrǿnn (“northern, Norse”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Norn
  1. An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands. Categories (topical): Extinct languages, Gods, Languages Meronyms: Shetlandish [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], Shetlandic [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Translations (language): Norn (Afrikaans), norn [masculine] (Asturian), норн (norn) [masculine] (Belarusian), norneg [masculine] (Breton), norn [masculine] (Catalan), nornština [feminine] (Czech), norn [neuter] (Danish), Norn [neuter] (Dutch), norn [neuter] (Faroese), norni (Finnish), norne [masculine] (French), Norn [neuter] (German), norn [neuter] (Icelandic), Nórnais [feminine] (Irish), Nornish (Manx), नॉर्न (nŏrna) [feminine] (Marathi), Nornnique (Norman), Norn (Norn), norn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), norn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), норн (norn) [masculine] (Russian), Norn (Scots), Nòrnais [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), norn (Swedish), Nornca (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Norn-en-name-54n4xAgp Disambiguation of Extinct languages: 90 10 Disambiguation of Gods: 59 41 Disambiguation of Languages: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: Norns [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse norn. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|non|norn}} Old Norse norn Head templates: {{en-noun}} Norn (plural Norns)
  1. (Norse mythology) Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny. Tags: Norse Categories (topical): Norse mythology Synonyms (goddess of fate or destiny): Fate [Greek] [mythology, mysticism, philosophy, human-sciences, sciences] Meronyms: Urd (english: Fate; Past; or), Verdandi (english: Happening; Present; or), Skuld (english: Debt; Future; or) Translations (any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny): Norno (Esperanto), Norne [feminine] (French), Norne [feminine] (German), नॉर्न (nŏrna) [feminine] (Marathi), Norna [feminine] (Portuguese), norna [feminine] (Spanish), norna [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Norn-en-noun-6n9WSn37 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nŏrna",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "नॉर्न"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Nornnique"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrn",
      "lang": "Norn",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Norn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "norn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "norn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "norn",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "норн"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Norn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nòrnais"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "norn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Nornca"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Norn language"
  ],
  "word": "Norn"
}

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