different between lorn vs xorn

English

Etymology

From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English loren, ?eloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusan? (“to lose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”). See further at lese.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??n/

Adjective

lorn (comparative more lorn, superlative most lorn)

1. (obsolete) Doomed; lost.
2. (archaic) Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.

Derived terms

• forlorn
• lasslorn
• lornness
• lovelorn

Translations

Verb

lorn

1. (obsolete) past participle of lese.

References

Anagrams

• ORNL

English

Etymology

First appeared in the original Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (1977).

Noun

xorn (plural xorns or xorn)

1. (fantasy) A fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth.
   • 2002, "David Damerell", Where are they come from?^[sic] ;) (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.development)

     Various monsters can tunnel through rock - either humanoid monsters with picks or rock eaters like rock moles and umber hulks; and some monsters like xorns and ghosts can pass through it without digging.

   • 2007, "bear", Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres.... (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.angband)

     Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows at me and more pouring in through both doors a few nights ago didn't work the first two times, then when it did work it landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!

   • 2010, Roger Bourke White, Rostov Rising: The Tales of Baron Rostov (page 229)

     That afternoon, I summoned a Xorn—an earth elemental noted for its speed—and asked it to scout the caves of the Dragon's lair for me.

Anagrams

• XNOR