norðan
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nurþanē (“from the north”), akin to norðr + -an.
Adverb
norðan (not comparable)
- 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”)
- norðanveðr n (“wind from the north”)
- norðanverðr (“northern”)
- norðanvindr m (“north wind”)
Related terms
References
- “nordan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press