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norn | xorn |

As a verb norn

is (obsolete) to mourn; complain.

As a noun xorn is

(fantasy) a fictional monster that devours earthen and silicate materials and can move freely through earth.

norn

English

Etymology 1

(Norns)

Noun

(s)
  • (Norse mythology) Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.
    • Synonyms
    * (goddess of fate or destiny) Fate (Greek mythology) * (extinct North Germanic language) Shetlandish
    Hyponyms
    * ("Debt" or "Future")

    Etymology 2

    (Norn language)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An extinct North Germanic language once spoken on the Shetland and Orkney Islands.

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    xorn

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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.