"sunnan" meaning in Old Norse

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Adverb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *sunþanē (“from the south”). Cognate with Old English sūþan, Old High German sundan. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*sunþanē||from the south}} Proto-Germanic *sunþanē (“from the south”), {{cog|ang|sūþan}} Old English sūþan, {{cog|goh|sundan}} Old High German sundan Head templates: {{head|non|adverbs|head=}} sunnan, {{non-adv|-}} sunnan (not comparable)
  1. from the south Tags: not-comparable Related terms: sól (english: sun) [feminine], suðr (english: south) Coordinate_terms (from compass point): austan, norðan, vestan

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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "sunnan"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: sunnan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "sunnan"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: sunnan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "sunnan"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: sunnan"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "sunnan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: sunnan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "sunnan"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: sunnan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "sønden"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: sønden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: sønden"
    }
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        "4": "",
        "5": "from the south"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sūþan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sūþan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German sundan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *sunþanē (“from the south”). Cognate with Old English sūþan, Old High German sundan.",
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        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sunnan",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sunnan (not comparable)",
      "name": "non-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "name": "Old Norse entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse terms suffixed with -an (ablative adverb)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "sense": "from compass point",
          "word": "austan"
        },
        {
          "sense": "from compass point",
          "word": "norðan"
        },
        {
          "sense": "from compass point",
          "word": "vestan"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] sun shone from the south / upon the stones of the hall. […]",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, verse 4, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1",
          "text": "[…] sól skein sunnan / á salar steina,[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from the south"
      ],
      "id": "en-sunnan-non-adv-j4Y1Su62",
      "links": [
        [
          "south",
          "south"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "sun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sól"
        },
        {
          "english": "south",
          "word": "suðr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sunnan"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "sense": "from compass point",
      "word": "austan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from compass point",
      "word": "norðan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from compass point",
      "word": "vestan"
    }
  ],
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          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: sunnan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "sunnan"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: sunnan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "sunnan"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: sunnan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "sunnan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: sunnan"
    },
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "sunnan"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: sunnan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: sunnan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "sønden"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: sønden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: sønden"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "from the south"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "sūþan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English sūþan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "sundan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German sundan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *sunþanē (“from the south”). Cognate with Old English sūþan, Old High German sundan.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sunnan",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "sunnan (not comparable)",
      "name": "non-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "sun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sól"
    },
    {
      "english": "south",
      "word": "suðr"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Old Norse adverbs",
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "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)",
        "Old Norse terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] sun shone from the south / upon the stones of the hall. […]",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, verse 4, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1",
          "text": "[…] sól skein sunnan / á salar steina,[…]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from the south"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "south",
          "south"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sunnan"
}

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