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

• (from compass point): austan, sunnan, vestan

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”)
• norðanveðr n (“wind from the north”)
• norðanverðr (“northern”)
• norðanvindr m (“north wind”)

Related terms

• norðr (“north”)
• norðrœnn (“northern”)
• nyrðri (“northerlier”)

Descendants

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

References

• “nordan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press