Norn is an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland) off the north coast of mainland Scotland and in...

Scottish man who was reportedly the last native speaker of Norn, a North Germanic language which had once been spoken throughout Shetland, Orkney and...

the English language. The Norn language, a North Germanic language, is now extinct. The Northumbrian dialect of the Old English language was spoken in...

The Norns (Old Norse: norn [ˈnorn], plural: nornir [ˈnornɪr]) are deities in Norse mythology responsible for shaping the course of human destinies. In...

Look up Norn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Norn may refer to: Norn language, an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in Northern Isles...

one of five languages descended from Old West Norse spoken in the Middle Ages; the others include Norwegian, Icelandic, and the extinct Norn and Greenlandic...

native speaker of the Norn language. The remote islands of Foula and Unst are variously claimed as the last refuges of the language in Shetland, where there...

'laird' and 'truck'. The island was one of the last places where the Norn language was spoken (although it is claimed that Walter Sutherland of Skaw in...

areas under Norwegian influence Greenlandic Norse Norn language, an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in Shetland and Orkney, off the north...

or being lost altogether. Norwegian language Icelandic language Faroese language Norn language "Ordbøkene.no - Bokmålsordboka og Nynorskordboka". ordbokene...

Unst (/ˈʌnst/; Norn: Ønst) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the...

certain functions, being a registration county. The Norn language was historically the language of everyday communication for people in Caithness, but...

Norse dialect are the West Scandinavian languages of Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, and the extinct Norn language of Orkney and Shetland, although Norwegian...

written in Norn, the extinct North Germanic language once spoken in Orkney and Shetland, and is the only surviving work of any length in that language. It is...

a dialect of the Scots language. It is derived from Lowland Scots, with a degree of Norwegian influence from the Norn language. Due to the influence of...

Shetland was referred to as Hjaltland. Gradually, the Scandinavian Norn language previously spoken by the inhabitants of the islands was replaced by...

northernmost cottage in Britain, was reportedly the last native speaker of the Norn language. During World War II, the Royal Air Force built a Chain Home radar station...

dialects Old Faroese † Middle Faroese † Modern Faroese Norn † Caithness Norn † Orkney Norn † Shetland Norn † Old Icelandic † Middle Icelandic † Modern Icelandic...

Lothian, with a degree of Norse influence from the Norn language, which is an extinct North Germanic language spoken on the islands until the late 18th century...

posited. Other examples of substrate languages are the influence of the now extinct North Germanic Norn language on the Scots dialects of the Shetland...

The first Faroe Islander to earn a doctoral degree, his thesis on the Norn language of Shetland was a major contribution to its historical preservation...

by Carolus Clusius. The terms swaabie (from Norn: swartbak, lit. 'black back'), baagie and baigie (Norn: bagi, from Old Norse: bak, lit. 'back') are...

Stromness (locally /ˈstrʌmnɪs/, Old Norse: Straumnes; Norn: Stromnes) is the second-most populous town in Orkney, Scotland. It is in the southwestern part...

have been foreign-imposed usurpations of Irish national self-determination. Norn Iron or "Norniron" – is an informal and affectionate local nickname used...

Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Scots: Kinrick o Scotland, Norn: Kongungdum Skotland) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally...

Lerwick (/ˈlɛrɪk/ or /ˈlɜːrwɪk/; Old Norse: Leirvik; Norn: Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh...

by the Norse, Gaelic and English languages. In Shetland, where there are over 100 stacks, the names are often from Norn, a local variant of Norse. The sport...

Northern Isles; Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan a Tuath; Old Norse: Norðreyjar; Norn: Nordøjar) are a chain (or archipelago) of islands off the north coast of...

version of it survived down to the 18th century in the traditional Norn language ballad "Hildina". An altered version of the saga is found in the Middle...

Kirkwall (Scots: Kirkwa, Kirkwaa, or Kirkwal; Norn: Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. First mentioned...