Suðr

Old Norse Dictionary - suðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "suðr" in English.

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

suðr Old Norse word can mean:

suðr
n., gen. suðrs; older form sunnr; in poets sunnr gunnar, sunnr runna, Hkr. i. (in a verse); sunnr runnu, Vellekla: [A. S. suð; Engl. south; Germ. süd; Dan. syd]:—the south; af suðri, Fb. ii. 481; í suðri, Rb. 92; til suðrs, SkS. 163; í suðr, passim; land-suðr, south-east; út-suðr, south-west.
suðr
II. as adv.; ríða suðr, Nj. 4; suðr til Hallands, Dýflinnar, Danmerkr, Jótlands, FmS. i. 26, Eg. 157, Orkn. 256; suðr um lönd, BS. i. 744; fara suðr, to pass southwards, Eg. 53: esp. of pilgrims to Rome or Palestine, Nj. 268, Gísl. 73.
suðr
2. with motion; hann dvaldisk suðr í landi, FmS. i. 96; suðr í Sogni, Ó. H. 26; suðr frá, southwards, Nj. 118; þeir áttu suðr (in the south) Engey, 22; suðr (in the south, i. e. in southern Iceland), Þorkell máni, BS. i. 4, 31, l. 4.
suðr
II. compar. sunnar, more to the south, FmS. vi. 379, Rb. 472; sunnar meir, SkS. 213.
suðr
2. superl. sunnarst, Rb. (1812) 18; sunnast í zodiaco, 732. 4, Rb. 478.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
S.
Saga.
adv.
adverb.
esp.
especially.
v.
vide.
i. e.
id est.
compar.
comparative.
superl.
superlative.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
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