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Definition of Norn in English: Nornnoun nɔːnnôrn mass nounA form of Norse formerly spoken in Orkney and Shetland but largely extinct by the 19th century. Example sentencesExamples - In the recently acquired Orkney and Shetland islands there was a fourth, Norn, a dialect of Norwegian.
- By 1200, however, Scandinavian (also referred to as Danish, Old Danish, Norse, Old Norse) had ceased to be spoken in England, but survived elsewhere: for example, as Norn in Orkney and Shetland.
adjective nɔːnnôrn Relating to Norn. Example sentencesExamples - The Norn dialects of Orkney and Shetland, Glaswegian and Highland English are all variably non-standard.
Origin From Old Norse norrœn 'Norn, northern', from northr 'north'. Rhymes adorn, born, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, corn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, outworn, pawn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, spawn, suborn, sworn, thorn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, worn, yawn Definition of Norn in US English: Nornnounnôrn A form of Norse formerly spoken in the Orkney and Shetland Islands and some other parts of northern Scotland but largely extinct by the 19th century. Example sentencesExamples - By 1200, however, Scandinavian (also referred to as Danish, Old Danish, Norse, Old Norse) had ceased to be spoken in England, but survived elsewhere: for example, as Norn in Orkney and Shetland.
- In the recently acquired Orkney and Shetland islands there was a fourth, Norn, a dialect of Norwegian.
adjectivenôrn Relating to Norn. Example sentencesExamples - The Norn dialects of Orkney and Shetland, Glaswegian and Highland English are all variably non-standard.
Origin From Old Norse norrœn ‘Norn, northern’, from northr ‘north’. |