suðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • sunnr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunþrą, whence also Old English sūþ, Old High German sunt.

Noun

suðr n

  1. south

Adverb

suðr

  1. south, southwards
    suðr ríða
    to ride south
  2. in the south

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: suður
  • Faroese: suður
  • Norn: sud
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sud, sør
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sør
  • Old Swedish: sudher
    • Swedish: söder, syd (influenced by Dutch or Low German)
  • Old Danish: suth
    • Danish: syd
    • Norwegian Bokmål: syd
  • Gutnish: sudar, sudur

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “suðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 416; also available at the Internet Archive
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