Meanings
Norn1
Norn2
- An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Norn · noun
- Old Norsenorn
- EnglishNorn
From Old Norse norn.
More words from Old Norse
Full word history & related roots →Norn · proper noun
- Proto-Germanic*nurþrōnijaz“northern”
- Old Norsenorrǿnn“northern, Norwegian”
- Old EnglishNorren
- Middle EnglishNorn
- Middle ScotsNorn“Norn, Norwegian”
- ScotsNorn
- EnglishNorn
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.
More words from Scots, Middle Scots, Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Norn
- Nornlanguage
Catalan norn
- nornlanguage
Czech nornština
- nornštinalanguage
Danish norn
- nornlanguage
Dutch Norn
- Nornlanguage
Esperanto Norno
- Nornoany of the three goddesses of fate or destiny
Finnish norni
- nornilanguage
French Norne, norne
- Norneany of the three goddesses of fate or destiny
- nornelanguage
German Norne, Norn
- Norneany of the three goddesses of fate or destiny
- Nornlanguage
Icelandic norn
- nornlanguage
Irish Nórnais
- Nórnaislanguage
Norwegian Bokmål norn
- nornlanguage
Portuguese Norna
- Nornaany of the three goddesses of fate or destiny
Russian норн
- норн (norn)language
Scottish Gaelic Nòrnais
- Nòrnaislanguage
Spanish norna
- nornaany of the three goddesses of fate or destiny
Swedish norna, norn
- nornaany of the three goddesses of fate or destiny
- nornlanguage
Turkish Nornca
- Norncalanguage
Cite this entry
Norn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norn
“Norn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norn. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Norn,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Norn.
Source: Norn on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.