Héðan
Old Norse Dictionary - héðan
Meaning of Old Norse word "héðan"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word héðan can mean:héðan
- héðan
- adv., hieðan in an old vellum, 655 x. 2, which shews that the pronunciation was the same then as now, [A. S. heonan; North. E. hein and hine; cp. Germ. hin]:—hence, from this place, Gm. 28, LS. 7, Skm. 38, Hbl. 13, Am. 36, Nj. 32, Jb. 10, Grág. i. 150, Edda 8; fyrir héðan e-t, on the hither side, Symb. 30; fyrir héðan hafit, on the hither side of the sea, FaS. ii. 240.
- héðan
- II. temp. henceforth, FmS. vi. 279, xi. 84; héðan frá, héðan í frá (mod. héðan af), hereafter, Nj. 83, Ísl. ii. 237. héðan-kváma, u, f. departure from hence, FaS. ii. 121 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚦᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- temp.
- temporal.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Skm.
- Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)