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Norn
Pronunciation: (nôrn), [key]—
n. Scand. Myth.
any of three goddesses of fate, the goddess of the past
(Urd), the goddess of the present
(Verdandi), and the goddess of the future
(Skuld). Norn
Pronunciation: (nôrn), [key]—
n.
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
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