þaðan

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθaːðan/
    Rhymes: -aːðan

Adverb

þaðan (not comparable)

  1. from there, thence
    Ég og samfangar mínir komumst þaðan óséðir á meðan vörðurinn svaf.
    I and my fellow prisoners managed to escape from there without being seen while the guard was sleeping.
    Hljóðið kom þaðan!
    The sound came from there!

See also

Old Norse

Etymology

From the stem of þar (“there”), þaðra (“thither”) + -an (ablative adverb). Compare héðan, hvaðan.

Adverb

þaðan (not comparable)

  1. thence, from there
    • Vǫluspá, verse 20, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
      Þaðan koma meyjar / margs vitandi
      þrjár, ór þeim sal / er und þolli stendr; […]
      Thence come maidens / much knowing
      three from the hall / which under that tree stands; […]
  2. (of time) after that
  • þaðra

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þaðan
  • Faroese: haðan, haðani
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dedan (in expressions)
  • Old Swedish: þæþan
  • Old Gutnish: þeþan
  • Old Danish: thæthæn, thæthan
  • Middle English: þennes

See also

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þaðan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 216; also available at the Internet Archive
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