norðan

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adverb

norðan (not comparable)

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

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