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 ==== ==== 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 === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “nordan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive