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[Eng. normal; -ly.] In a normal manner; according to a rule, standard, or type. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; William to superintend the construction of the White Tower, in the Tower of London, which contains within its walls perhaps the only ecclesiastical remnant of the Conqueror's time at present in existence. Simplicity of design and detail is not met with in the same degree as in Normandy itself. Very richly molded features are introduced into heavy ma es of building, and more orna Norman Molding. mentation is employed, which is introduced in an arbitrary manner. The plan of the churches was the same as in Normandy. All were built with the semicircular chancel, but the arches of the nave usually rested on heavy cylindrical piers, hardly ever to be found in French churches, except in crypts. The windows and the doors were the same as in Normandy, and the Norman moldings were introduced with little alteration. The walls were remarkably thick, and without prominent buttre es. Specimens of the time of Rufus are to be seen in the west end and nave of Rochester cathedral; the choir, side aisles, and middle transept at Durham; in the walls of the lower part of the western façade of Lincoln; the tower and transept of St. Alban's; and the oldest remaining parts of Winchester. A strongly-marked mode of enrichment, resembling scales or diamonds in its design, was generally employed on the surface of the walls; the arches were ornamented for the most part with the usual zigzag. The character of the exterior of buildings in the Norman style may be described as heavy and ma ive. The windows were generally small. Blind, narrow arcades often occur in the façades and towers, sometimes interlacing, and sometimes not so, in several ranges, one above the other. The Norman style is of frequent occurrence in the case of the castles of the feudal lords of the epoch. The nucleus of these buildings, which were in reality fortre es, consisted of a high and ma ive tower, which served at the same time for the residence of the lord and for purposes of defense. This tower was only acce ible by a flight steps leading along the wall to upper story of the building, and was only lighted by very small windows. In the last quarter of the twelfth century the transition from the Norman to the Pointed style began. The earliest examples of this transition are the round part of the Temple Church, London, consecrated in 1185; the choir of Canterbury Cathedral, rebuilt in 1175; and the great tower at the west end of Ely Cathedral, built by Bishop Ridel, who died in 1189. (Rosengarten, .) sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. Norman French Norman French, s . The language spoken by the Normans at the time of the Conquest. It continued to be the legal language of England till the reign of Edward III., and is still employed on certain state occasions. It exercised a considerable influence on the Anglo-Saxon. [ENGLISH-LANGUAGE.] Nor-man-ize, v. t. [Eng. Norman; -ize.] To make Norman, or like Norman. Nor-na, Norn, s. [See def.] Scand. Myth .: One of the Fates, Past, Present, and Future. The principal Norns were three in number, named respectively Urd, Verd and i, and Skuld, and were represented as young women. Be sides these three, each individual born had a norn who determined his fate. Nor-rem-bêrg, s . [Named after M. Norremberg, the inventor of the instrument.] (For def. see etym. and compound.) Norremberg's-polariscope, s . [POLARISCOPE.] nor-roy, s . [Eng. north , and O. Fr. roy =king.] Her.: The third English King at Arms, having jurisdiction north of the Trent. Norse, a. & s. [A shortened form of Norsk (=northisk; Eng. north ish), the Norw. & Dan. form of Icel. Norskr Norse.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to ancient Scand in a via or its inhabitants; Norwegian. B. As subst.: The language of Norway. The Old Norse was the language of ancient Scand in a via, and is represented by the old and modern Icelandic. Norse'-man, s. [Eng. Norse , and man .] A na tive of ancient Scand in a via; a North man.