Nornan.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːnə/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrnə/

Inflections: Plural Nornas, (rare) Nornor.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Swedish. Etymon: Swedish norna.

Etymology: Probably < Swedish norna Norn n.²Earlier used by Scott as a proper name for the character of a 17th-cent. Shetland seeress in his novel The Pirate (1821); compare:1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vi. 132 Be thou still at my bidding, viewless racer of the north-western heaven, Sleep thou at the voice of Norna the Reim-kennar. The rare plural form Nornor is after the Swedish plural form Nornor.

Now rare and poetic.

Each of the three Scandinavian goddesses of destiny; = Norn n.²

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the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > northern > Norn

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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > the (three) Fates > one of

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1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 32 In the Death-kingdom, sit Three Nornas, Fates,—the Past, Present, Future.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. vi. 273 Day by day from the rill, The Nornas besprinkle The ash Ygg-drassill.

1875 W. M. W. Call Reverberations i. 46 But the Nornas let him pray unheeded; Balder never was to come again.

1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. I. 180 My sire Strides on before me through the din Of thunders in the midnight wild; Nor on the hills the Nornas spin.

1935 J. Mackay Vigil & Other Poems 45 Whose vassal be ye, Druidess, Norna, and chrissom Culdee?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	norna
释义	Nornan. Brit. /ˈnɔːnə/, U.S. /ˈnɔrnə/ Inflections: Plural Nornas, (rare) Nornor. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Swedish. Etymon: Swedish norna. Etymology: Probably < Swedish norna Norn n.²Earlier used by Scott as a proper name for the character of a 17th-cent. Shetland seeress in his novel The Pirate (1821); compare:1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vi. 132 Be thou still at my bidding, viewless racer of the north-western heaven, Sleep thou at the voice of Norna the Reim-kennar. The rare plural form Nornor is after the Swedish plural form Nornor. Now rare and poetic. Each of the three Scandinavian goddesses of destiny; = Norn n.² ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > northern > Norn Nornie1770 Norna1841 Norn1843 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > the (three) Fates > one of shapand1303 shepster14.. Norna1841 Norn1843 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 32 In the Death-kingdom, sit Three Nornas, Fates,—the Past, Present, Future. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. vi. 273 Day by day from the rill, The Nornas besprinkle The ash Ygg-drassill. 1875 W. M. W. Call Reverberations i. 46 But the Nornas let him pray unheeded; Balder never was to come again. 1902 J. Payne Poet. Wks. I. 180 My sire Strides on before me through the din Of thunders in the midnight wild; Nor on the hills the Nornas spin. 1935 J. Mackay Vigil & Other Poems 45 Whose vassal be ye, Druidess, Norna, and chrissom Culdee? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1841
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