norðan

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nurþanē (“from the north”), akin to norðr +‎ -an.

Adverb

norðan (not comparable)

  1. from the north

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • norðanfjarðar (“north of the firth”, adverb)
  • norðanlands (“in the north”, adverb)
  • norðanmaðr m (“a man from the north”)
  • norðanstormr m (“a storm from the north”)
  • norðanverðr (“northern”)
  • norðanveðr n (“wind from the north”)
  • norðanvindr m (“north wind”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: norðan
  • Faroese: norðan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nordan
  • Old Swedish: norþan
  • Danish: norden

Further reading

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