þaðan

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθaːðan/
Rhymes: -aːðan

Adverb

þaðan (not comparable)

from there, thence
Ég og samfangar mínir komumst þaðan óséðir á meðan vörðurinn svaf.
I and my fellow prisoners managed to escape from there without being seen while the guard was sleeping.

Hljóðið kom þaðan!
The sound came from there!

See also

Old Norse

Etymology

Akin to þar (“there”) +‎ -an.

Adverb

þaðan (not comparable)

thence, from there
(of time) after that

Related terms

þaðra

See also

Descendants

Icelandic: þaðan
Norwegian Nynorsk: dedan (in expressions)

References

þaðan in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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