different between norn vs xorn

English

Alternative forms

• nurn

Etymology

From Middle English nornen, nurnen, from Old English gnornan, gnornian (“to be sad, murmur, complain, mourn, lament, grieve”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnu?n?n (“to mourn”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?new- (“to gnaw, scrape, rub”). Cognate with Old Saxon gnorn?n (“to be sad”).

Alternatively, the Middle English word may be of North Germanic origin. Compare dialectal Swedish norna, nyrna (“to inform secretly”).

Verb

norn (third-person singular simple present norns, present participle norning, simple past and past participle norned)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To mourn; complain.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forward; proffer; propose.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To say; speak; utter; tell.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To call.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n???/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse norn.

Noun

norn f (genitive singular nornar, plural nornir)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• norna

Etymology 2

From English Norn or Scots Norn, from Norn, from Old Norse norr?na.

Noun

norn n (genitive singular norns, uncountable)

1. (language) Norn

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?rtn/
• Rhymes: -?rtn

Noun

norn f (genitive singular nornar, nominative plural nornir)

1. witch (person who uses magic)

Declension

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