Norn

From Old Norse norn.

Baldr's Death by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1817. The three Norns and the tree Yggdrasil can be seen in the background.

Norn (plural Norns)

1. (Norse mythology) Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.

• (goddess of fate or destiny): Fate (Greek mythology)

• Urd (“Fate” or “Past”)
• Verdandi (“Happening” or “Present”)
• Skuld (“Debt” or “Future”)

Ultimately from Old Norse norrǿnn (“northern, Norse”)

Norn

1. An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands.

• (language): Shetlandish, Shetlandic

From Norrene.

Norn

1. Related or pertaining to Norway; Norwegian

• Norenissce
• Noreine

• “Noreine, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-01.