suðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sunnr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunþrą, whence also Old English sūþ, Old High German sunt.

Noun

suðr n

1. south

Adverb

suðr

1. south, southwards

   suðr ríða

   to ride south

2. in the south

Derived terms

• suðrœnn

Related terms

• syðri
• synstr

Descendants

• Icelandic: suður
• Faroese: suður
• Norn: sud
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sud, sør
• Norwegian Bokmål: sør
• Old Swedish: sudher
  • Swedish: söder, syd (influenced by Dutch or Low German)
• Danish: syd
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syd
• Gutnish: sudar, sudur

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “suðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 416; also available at the Internet Archive