Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the three goddesses of fate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To murmur; complain.
- To say; speak; tell.
- To call.
- noun In Scand. myth., one of the three Fates, whose decrees were irrevocable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scandinavian Myth.) Any one of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld. They are identified with the Anglo-Saxon Wyrd, and are similar to the Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae.
- noun A tutelary deity; a genius.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Norse mythology any of the three
goddesses offate ordestiny . - proper noun an
extinct language that was spoken on theShetland Islands andOrkney Islands .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae
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Examples
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(Much less thought seems to have been given to this in Norn Iron than in Scotland or Wales; see also further debate on the merits of the proposals here.)
Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-9-2010 nwhyte 2010
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The name of the shop, For Cod and Ulster, is a play on 'For God and Ulster', a well known phrase uttered many a time here in Norn Iron.
Letter to America 2007
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Operation Banner, the British Army Operation in Norn Iron ended today after 38 years:
Letter to America 2007
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Complaints of this sort don’t go to the local inspector in Norn Iron, we refer everyone to the Ombudsman.
Another Day On Earth « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Aside from the fact that he had always had a fondness for the islands, for the varied landscape and the people who spoke a strange tongue called Norn, and who took as their past kings Vikings like Earl Thorfinn the Mighty, he felt as if he were being swept out to sea and away from Scotland.
Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987
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Aside from the fact that he had always had a fondness for the islands, for the varied landscape and the people who spoke a strange tongue called Norn, and who took as their past kings Vikings like Earl Thorfinn the Mighty, he felt as if he were being swept out to sea and away from Scotland.
Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987
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These are they who dispense the ages of men; they are called Norn [= a] s, that is, Fates.
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Verney addresses Necessity as a kind of Norn, blind to human concerns and female as is the Plague itself:
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Fate who served Anu, god of the sky, and that "Norn" of the
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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Norn they were, but their skins were burned brown by a ceaseless sun and a flashing sea.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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