Suðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - suðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "suðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
suðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- suðr
- I)
- suðr
- n. the south (veðr var á suðri); frá suðri, from the south.
- suðr
- II)
- suðr
- adv.
- suðr
- 1) south, southwards; ríða s., to ride south; s. horfðu dyrr, the doors faced the south; ganga (fara) s., to go south on a pilgrimage (to Rome or Palestine); s. af kirkju, to the south of the church; hjá haugi Gunnars s. frá, by Gunnar’s grave-mound, on the south side of it;
- suðr
- 2) in the south (hann dvaldist s. í landi).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- adv.
- adverb.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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