Norn
noun/nɔːn/
/nɔːrn/
[uncountable]- a form of Norse that used to be spoken on the islands of Orkney and Shetland to the north of ScotlandWord Originfrom Old Norse norrœn ‘Norn, northern’, from northr ‘north’.
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