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

• héðan
• hvergi
• þar
• þarna

Old Norse

Etymology

From the stem of þar (“there”), þaðra (“thither”) + -an (ablative adverb). Compare héðan, hvaðan.

Adverb

þaðan (not comparable)

1. thence, from there
   • Vǫluspá, verse 20, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:

     Þaðan koma meyjar / margs vitandi
     þrjár, ór þeim sal / er und þolli stendr; […]

     Thence come maidens / much knowing
     three from the hall / which under that tree stands; […]

2. (of time) after that

Related terms

• þaðra

Descendants

• Icelandic: þaðan
• Faroese: haðan, haðani
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dedan (in expressions)
• Old Swedish: þæþan
  • Swedish: dädan, dän
• Old Gutnish: þeþan
• Old Danish: thæthæn, thæthan
  • Danish: deden
• Middle English: þennes
  • English: thence

See also

• héðan
• hvaðan

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þaðan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 216; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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