- Bek-Pedersen
suggests that the word norn has
relation to the
Swedish dialect word
norna (nyrna), a verb that
means 'communicate secretly'. This
interpretation relates...
- or the
Story of
Norna-Gest is a
legendary saga
about the
Norse hero Nornagestr,
sometimes called Gestr, and here
anglicized as
Norna-Gest. Nornagests...
- synonyms:
Cytherea Salisb. (1812)
Orchidium Sw. (1814)
Calypsodium Link (1829)
Norna Wahlenb. (1833) The
valid botanical species name of the
Calypso orchid is:...
- "Book IX". The
Danish History – via Wikisource. "
Norna-Gests þáttr". see also
Norna-Gests þáttr "
Norna-Gests þáttr".
Translated by Hardman.
Archived from...
-
Oeneis norna, the
Norse grayling, is a
species of
butterfly in the
subfamily Satyrinae, that
occurs throughout Scandinavia and the
northern Palearctic...
-
Norna Robertson (FRSE, FInstP, FRAS, FAPS) is a lead
scientist at LIGO at
California Institute of Technology, and
professor of
experimental physics at...
-
texts from the same era. One of the
texts may have been
written in Norway.
Norna-Gests þáttr has a
brief mention of the king of
Denmark and Sweden, Sigurd...
-
noted though that his brother, Regin, is
described as
being a
dwarf in
Norna-Gests þáttr and
resembling a
dwarf (Old Norse:
dvergr of vǫxt), however...
-
short tales not
otherwise preserved such as
Nornagests þáttr ("the
Story of
Norna Gest").
Especially important is the Grœnlendinga saga ("History of the Greenlanders")...
-
visitors were
amused with the Yellowleys'
penurious ways, and
encountered Norna, a
relative of
Magnus Troil who was
supposed to be in
league with the fairies...
