Norðan
Old Norse Dictionary - norðanMeaning of Old Norse word "norðan" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
norðan Old Norse word can mean:
- norðan
- adv. from the north; á leið norðan, Eg. 51; koma, fara, ríða, sigla … norðan, Fms. iv. 233, passim; n. ór landi, n. ór Skörðum, Band.; n. af Hálogalandi, Fagrsk. 14; bónda-herinn norðan ór landi, Fms. vi. 258; kaupmenn þar um Víkina ok n. ór landi, i. 11:—of the wind or weather, var allhvasst á norðan, Fms. ix. 20, v. l.
- norðan
- 2. of direction; Gunnarr stóð n. at Rangæinga-dómi, Nj. 110; Gizurr ok Njáll stóðu n. at dóminum, 87:—fyrir norðan, with acc. north of, fyrir n. Jökul, 192, 261; fyrir n. Vall-land, Grág. ii. 141; fyrir n. heiðina, Eg. 275; fyrir n. land (in the north of Icel.), Nj. 251.
- norðan
- COMPDS: norðanfjalls, norðanfjarðar, norðangola, norðanhret, norðanlands, norðanmaðr, norðansjór, norðanstormr, norðanstrykr, norðanveðr, norðanverðr, norðanvindr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚱᚦᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- acc.
- accusative.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
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