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name
An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Norse
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
(Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: weird sister
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Norse deity
Narrower terms: Urd, Urth, Verdandi, Verthandi, Skuld
History
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.
From Old Norse norn.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
