different between sorn vs xorn

English

Etymology

Perhaps from sojourn.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

sorn (third-person singular simple present sorns, present participle sorning, simple past and past participle sorned)

1. (Scotland, intransitive, dated) to impose upon another for food and lodging.

Derived terms

• sorner

Anagrams

• NORs, RONs, nors, orns

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m (genitive singular soirn, nominative plural soirn)

1. furnace
2. stove, range

   Synonym: sornóg

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• oigheann m (“oven”)

Mutation

Further reading

• "sorn" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus.

Noun

sorn m (genitive singular sorn)

1. range, fireplace under boiler

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• sornn

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sor?n?/

Noun

sorn m (genitive suirn, nominative plural suirn)

1. furnace, oven, kiln

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: sorn
• Manx: sorn
• Scottish Gaelic: sòrn
• ? Faroese: sornur

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “sorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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