Áðan

Old Norse Dictionary - áðan

Meaning of Old Norse word "áðan" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

áðan: adv. [cp. Ulf. apn = ivtavrós, Gal. iv. 10, and atapni, id.], a little before, a little while ago, erewhile; Kolr for frá seli á., Nj. 55; á. er vit skildum, Lv. 34; slíkt sem á. talða ek, as I said just above (of the Speaker reading the law in the lögrétta), Grág. i. 49, ii. 242; nu a., just now, 656 G. 39.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚦᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

adv.: adverb.

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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