Þaðan

Old Icelandic Dictionary - þaðan

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "þaðan" in English.

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

þaðan Old Icelandic word can mean:

þaðan: adv.

þaðan: 1) thence, from there (~ heldu þeir suðr til Danmerkr);

þaðan: ~ af = ~ (~ af falla ár þær, er svá heita);

þaðan: hón var skamt ~ á veizlu, she was a little way off, at a feast;

þaðan: 2) fig., ~ mátti skilja, thence it could be understood;

þaðan: skulu vér ~ at vera, we will be on that side;

þaðan: ~ af veit ek, therefrom I know;

þaðan: allan helming, eða ~ af meira, a full half and even more;

þaðan: 3) of time, after that (~ eru tólf nætr til Þorláks-messu);

þaðan: ~ af, ~ frá, ~ í frá, from that time (~ af varð hann hinn grimmasti).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛅᚦᛅᚾ

Abbreviations used:

adv.: adverb.

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