Norren

Old English

Alternative forms

• Norn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse norrǿnn, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz; thus a doublet of norþerne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnor.ren/, [ˈnorˠ.rˠen]

Adjective

Norren

1. Norwegian

Declension

Declension of Norren — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Norren	Norrenu, Nornu, Norreno, Norno	Norren
Accusative	Norrenne	Norrene, Norne	Norren
Genitive	Norrenes, Nornes	Norrenre	Norrenes, Nornes
Dative	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenre	Norrenum, Nornum
Instrumental	Norrene, Norne	Norrenre	Norrene, Norne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Norrene, Norne	Norrena, Norna, Norrene, Norne	Norrenu, Nornu, Norreno, Norno
Accusative	Norrene, Norne	Norrena, Norna, Norrene, Norne	Norrenu, Nornu, Norreno, Norno
Genitive	Norrenra	Norrenra	Norrenra
Dative	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenum, Nornum
Instrumental	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenum, Nornum

Declension of Norren — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Norrena, Norna	Norrene, Norne	Norrene, Norne
Accusative	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrene, Norne
Genitive	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan
Dative	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan
Instrumental	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan
Accusative	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan	Norrenan, Nornan
Genitive	Norrenra, Norrenena, Nornena	Norrenra, Norrenena, Nornena	Norrenra, Norrenena, Nornena
Dative	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenum, Nornum
Instrumental	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenum, Nornum	Norrenum, Nornum

Descendants

• Middle English: Norren, Norrein, Norn
  • Middle Scots: Norn, Nourne
    • Scots: Norn, Norne
    • → English: Norn

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Norren”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.