Norn
Baldr's Death by w:Christoffer Wilhelm EckersbergChristoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1817. The three Norns and the tree Yggdrasil can be seen in the background.
Meanings
Noun
Proper Noun
- An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands.
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Origin
- From Old Norse norrœnn, from norðr.
- Ultimately from Old Norse norrœnn ("northern, Norse")
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