different between xorn vs dorn

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

English

Etymology

Compare German Dorn (“thorn”).

Noun

dorn (plural dorns)

1. A British ray; the thornback.

Anagrams

• Nord, rond

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?rn/

Noun

dorn m (plural dornioù, dual daouarn)

1. hand

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn (“fist”), Irish dorn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Noun

dorn m (dual dewdhorn or diwla, plural dornow)

1. hand
2. fist
3. handle

Mutation

References

• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dorn, from Proto-Celtic *durnos (compare Welsh dwrn), probably loaned from a non-Indo-European substrate language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??o???n??/

Noun

dorn m (genitive singular doirn, nominative plural doirne)

1. fist

Declension

Derived terms

• dornáil (“to box, fist; boxing, fisting”)

Mutation

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *tu??n (“son, boy”). Cognate with White Hmong tub.

Noun

dorn 

1. boy

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch thorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þornu.

Noun

dorn m

1. thorn
2. thornbush

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• d?orn, d?ren

Descendants

• Dutch: doren, doorn
  • Afrikaans: doring

Further reading

• “dorn”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “dorn”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN