þaðan

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθaːðan/
    Rhymes: -aːðan

Adverb

þaðan (not comparable)

  1. 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)

  1. thence, from there
  2. (of time) after that
  • þaðra

See also

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þaðan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dedan (in expressions)

References

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