"norðan" meaning in Old Norse

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Adverb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *nurþanē (“from the north”), akin to norðr + -an. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*nurþanē||from the north}} Proto-Germanic *nurþanē (“from the north”), {{suffix|non|norðr|-an|id2=ablative adverb}} norðr + -an Head templates: {{head|non|adverbs|head=}} norðan, {{non-adv|-}} norðan (not comparable)
  1. from the north Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: norðanfjarðar (english: north of the firth) [adverb], norðanlands (english: in the north) [adverb], norðanmaðr (english: a man from the north) [masculine], norðanstormr (english: a storm from the north) [masculine], norðanveðr (english: wind from the north) [neuter], norðanverðr [Northern], norðanvindr (english: north wind) [masculine] Related terms: norðr (english: north), norðrœnn [Northern], nyrðri (english: northerlier) Coordinate_terms (from compass point): austan, sunnan, vestan

Download JSON data for norðan meaning in Old Norse (3.0kB)

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      "text": "Icelandic: norðan"
    },
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      "text": "Old Swedish: norþan"
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      "text": "Swedish: nordan"
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          },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "Old Norse terms suffixed with -an (ablative adverb)",
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        {
          "sense": "from compass point",
          "word": "austan"
        },
        {
          "sense": "from compass point",
          "word": "sunnan"
        },
        {
          "sense": "from compass point",
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        }
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          "english": "north of the firth",
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            "adverb"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "in the north",
          "tags": [
            "adverb"
          ],
          "word": "norðanlands"
        },
        {
          "english": "a man from the north",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "norðanmaðr"
        },
        {
          "english": "a storm from the north",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "norðanstormr"
        },
        {
          "english": "wind from the north",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "norðanveðr"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "norðanverðr"
        },
        {
          "english": "north wind",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "norðanvindr"
        }
      ],
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        "from the north"
      ],
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        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "english": "north",
          "word": "norðr"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "norðrœnn"
        },
        {
          "english": "northerlier",
          "word": "nyrðri"
        }
      ],
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}
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      "sense": "from compass point",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "from compass point",
      "word": "sunnan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from compass point",
      "word": "vestan"
    }
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      "english": "north of the firth",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "norðanfjarðar"
    },
    {
      "english": "in the north",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "norðanlands"
    },
    {
      "english": "a man from the north",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "norðanmaðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "a storm from the north",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "norðanstormr"
    },
    {
      "english": "wind from the north",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "norðanveðr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "norðanverðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "north wind",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    }
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    },
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          },
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        }
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        }
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      "text": "Old Swedish: norþan"
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            "2": "nordan"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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            "2": "norden"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "templates": [
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            "2": "norden"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "north",
      "word": "norðr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "norðrœnn"
    },
    {
      "english": "northerlier",
      "word": "nyrðri"
    }
  ],
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        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms suffixed with -an (ablative adverb)"
      ],
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        "from the north"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "norðan"
}

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