Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Norn

Norn , noun

[Icelandic norn, pl. nornir.]

1.
(Scandinavian Mythology) Any one of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld. They are identified with the Anglo-Saxon Wyrd, and are similar to the Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae.
2.
A tutelary deity; a genius.

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