Sunnan
Old Norse Dictionary - sunnan
Meaning of Old Norse word "sunnan"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sunnan can mean:sunnan
- sunnan
- adv. from the south; suðr ok sunnan, Sturl. i. 194, Vsp. 4, 5; halda, koma, fara, ríða, sigla, róa … s., Fms. i. 27, passim.
- sunnan
- 2. of direction without motion; Gizurr stóð sunnan at Rangæinga-dómi, Nj. 110; sunnan undir heiðinni, Eg. 277; fyrir sunnan, with acc. and absol., Ld. 10, Grág. ii. 141; fyrir sunnan land, in the south of the land, Ld. 6; vóru þeir fyrir s. at komnir. Eg. 99; í borg þeirri er næst var heiðinni fyrir s., on the south side of the heath, 281; leggja hann í steinvegginn í Krists-kirkju fyrir sunnan, the south wall of a church, Fms. vii. 291.
- sunnan
- COMPDS: sunnanferð, sunnanfjarðar, sunnanherr, sunnanlands, sunnanmaðr, sunnanveðr, sunnanverðr, sunnanvindr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚾᚾᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- acc.
- accusative.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)