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NORNA

Definitions: NORNA

NORNA

Noun

1. A tutelary deity; a genius.

2. One of the three Fates, Past, Present, and Future. Their names were Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Specialty Definitions: NORNA

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Literature

Norna The well of Urda, where the gods sit in judgment, and near which is that "fair building" whence proceed the three maidens called Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda (Past, Present, and Future). (Scandinavian mythology.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: NORNA

Specialty definitions using "NORNA": Norna of the Fitful Head. (references)
Non-English Usage: "NORNA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (norn).

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Derivations: NORNA

Derivations

Words containing "NORNA": unornamented, unornate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: NORNA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-n-n-o-r"

-1 letter: anon, nona, roan.

-2 letters: nan, nor, oar, ora, ran.

-3 letters: an, ar, na, no, on, or.

 Words containing the letters "a-n-n-o-r"
 

+1 letter: natron, nonart, nonpar, nonwar.

 

+2 letters: andiron, annoyer, baronne, canonry, crannog, moneran, natrons, nonarts, nonfarm, nonwars, norland, organon.

 

+3 letters: aborning, adorning, andirons, androgen, annoyers, anointer, antiporn, aproning, bannerol, baronnes, cannonry, chanfron, crannoge, crannogs, dynatron, fanfaron, grandson, groaning, honorand, ignorant, lanthorn, monandry, monerans, nanogram, negatron, neuraxon, neuronal, nonactor, nonbrand, nondairy, nonglare, nonhardy, nonlabor, nonmajor, nonmoral, nonparty, nonpolar, nonrated, nonrival, nonroyal, nonrural, nonsolar, nonsugar, nonurban, nonviral, norlands, normande, ordinand, ordnance, organons, ornament, raisonne, reanoint, resonant, sonarman, sonarmen, sonorant, unanchor, unornate, unreason, wantoner.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: NORNA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 4F 52 4E 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.    ---    .-.    -.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01001111 01010010 01001110 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#79 &#82 &#78 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 004F 0052 004E 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4849524835

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Derivations
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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