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单词 Norn
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Norn

/nɔːn /
noun [mass noun]
A form of Norse formerly spoken in Orkney and Shetland but largely extinct by the 19th century.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.
adjective
Relating to Norn.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'.

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