different between xorn vs forn

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

From Middle English forn, from Old English foran (“before, in front, forward, to the front”). More at fore.

Adverb

forn (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
   • 1598-1602, [author unknown], The Parnassus plays

     Stories of love, where forne the wondring bench, / The lisping gallant might injoy his wench.

Anagrams

• Fron, Norf.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan forn, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *g??r?-nós, from *g??er- (“warm, hot”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fo?n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?forn/

Noun

forn m (plural forns)

1. oven
2. bakery

   Synonyms: fleca, forn de pa

Derived terms

• forn de microones
• forn de pa

Related terms

• fornell
• forner

Further reading

• “forn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “forn” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “forn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “forn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furnus. Cognate with Welsh ffwrn (“oven”)

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [f?rn]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [v?rn]

Noun

forn f (plural fornow)

1. oven

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rtn/

  Rhymes: -?rtn

Adjective

forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastur)

1. old, ancient

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (furn), from Aramaic ?????? / ?????? (p?rn?), from Ancient Greek ??????? (phoûrnos), from Latin furnus. There is no reason to doubt the inheritance of the word in Maltese and consider it a borrowing from an Italo-Romance cognate such as Italian forno. The Arabic word is attested early, the outcome forn is expected in Maltese, and so is the plural fran from Arabic ???????? (?afr?n). Only the derivative furnar (“baker”) is, of course, a borrowing (widely replacing native ?abbie?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rn/

Noun

forn m (plural fran)

1. oven

Related terms

• furnar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Adjective

forn (masculine and feminine forn, neuter fornt, definite singular and plural forne, comparative fornare, indefinite superlative fornast, definite superlative fornaste)

1. old, ancient

References

• “forn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?n/

Noun

forn m (plural forns)

1. oven

Dialectal variants

• horn (Gascon)

Derived terms

• enfornar
• fornairon
• fornariá
• fornejar
• fornatge
• fornèl
• fornelar
• fornial
• fornièr
• fornassa
• fornada

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fur-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo?rn/, [fo?r?n]

Adverb

f?rn

1. before, in front of, opposit, across from

Related terms

• forne
• foran

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *furhn? (“trout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forn/, [for?n]

Noun

forn f

1. trout

Usage notes

• The precise gender of the word is unknown. It is generally regarded as a feminine a-stem due to cognates in related Germanic languages.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *perHm-, *perH- (“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”). Cognate with Old English firn, fyrn-, Old Frisian f?r, f?r, Old Saxon fern, Old High German firni, Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (fairneis).

Adjective

forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastr)

1. old, ancient

Declension

Descendants

References

• forn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin furnus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French forn.

Noun

forn m (oblique plural forns, nominative singular forns, nominative plural forn)

1. oven (device for baking, cooking, etc.)

Descendants

• Catalan: forn
• Occitan: forn

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “furnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 30, page 902

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Adjective

forn

1. ancient, very old

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: forn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish forn, from Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *per?m-, *per?- (“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”)

Adjective

forn

1. ancient, very old

Declension

Related terms

• fornforskare
• fornforskning
• forngermansk
• fornminne
• fornnordisk
• fornsvensk
• forntid