单词 | nornie |
释义 | Nornien. Now rare and poetic. Each of the three Scandinavian goddesses of destiny; = Norn n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > northern > Norn Nornie1770 Norna1841 Norn1843 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. II. 51 These [virgins] are they who dispense the ages of men; they are called Nornies [Fr. Nornes], that is, Fairies or Destinies. 1790 F. Sayers Descent of Frea i. 5 The Fatal Sisters, or Nornies; they were three in number. 1841 A. Croke Progress Idolatry v, in Poems I. 99 Three Fates, the Nornis, at man's birth preside. 1855 M. Arnold Balder Dead i. 24 He has met that doom, which long ago The Nornies, when his mother bare him, spun. 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad ii. 42 Some withered Nornie of the boreal race. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770 |
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