Sunnan

Old Icelandic Dictionary - sunnan

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "sunnan" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

sunnan Old Icelandic word can mean:

sunnan
adv.
sunnan
1) from the south (koma, fara, ríða s.);
sunnan
2) on the south side, = at s. (þá sást mannareið upp með Hvítá at s.); fyrir s. land, in the south of the land; fyrir s. nesit, south of the ness; with gen., s. Rínar, south of the Rhine.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚾᚾᛅᚾ

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
gen.
genitive.
n.
neuter.

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