undan

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Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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undan

  1. from the bottom [with dative]
  2. from behind (from the hidden side) [with dative]
  3. before, in front of [with dative]
  4. with, in the same direction [with dative]
  5. (with dative, time) before

Adverb

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undan

  1. away from
    sleppa undan
    allow, leave, let, release
    flýggja undan
    flee from

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse undan.

Preposition

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undan

  1. from under, from beneath [with dative]

Adverb

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undan

  1. away

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse undan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [²ʊndɑ], /²unːɑ/, /²unːɑn/

Adverb

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undan

  1. away ((pre-1938) alternative form of unna)
    Han er langt undan.
    He is far away.

Preposition

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undan

  1. away from ((pre-1938) alternative form of unna)
    Han er langt undan meg.
    He is far away from me.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Akin to undir +‎ -an.

Preposition

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undan

  1. from under, from beneath [with dative]
  2. away from [with dative]
  3. ahead of, before [with dative]

Adverb

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undan (not comparable)

  1. away

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: undan
  • Faroese: undan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: unna, undan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: unna
  • Swedish: undan

References

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

Old Prussian

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Noun

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undan m

  1. accusative singular of unds
    • 1561, Martin Luther, translated by Abel Will & Paul Megott, Stas Likuts Catechismus, →OCLC, page 61, line 17:
      Vnds ſtan perarwiſku ni ſegge / Schlāits ſtas wīrds Deiwas / kas ſēn bhe prei ſteſmu vndan aſt
      Of course, water doesn't do it, but the word of God with and by the water

Swedish

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Adverb

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undan (not comparable)

  1. away

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