norn

Meaning

Verb

• To mourn; complain.
• To bring forward; proffer; propose.
• To say; speak; utter; tell.
• To call.

Origin

• From Middle English nornen, nurnen, from Old English gnornan, gnornian, from Proto-West Germanic *gnuʀnōn, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰnew-. Cognate with Old Saxon gnornōn.
• Alternatively, the Middle English word may be of North Germanic origin. Compare dialectal Swedish norna, nyrna.