útan

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūtanē. Akin to út +‎ -an.

Adverb

útan (not comparable)

1. from without
2. from abroad
3. (without motion) outside

Related terms

• útanborgar (“without the town”)
• útanborðs (“overboard”)
• útaneygðr (“goggle-eyed”)
• útanferð f (“a journey abroad”)
• útanfjarðar (“outside the firth”)
• útanfjórðungs (“outside the quarter”)
• útanfótar (“outside the foot”)
• útanfǫr f (“a journey abroad”)
• útangarða (“outside the yard (house)”)
• útangarðs (“outside the fence”)
• útangátta (“out-of-door”)
• útanheraðs (“outside of the district”)
• útanhrepps (“outside the poor-district”)
• útanlands (“abroad”)
• útanlandsmaðr m (“foreigner”)
• útanlandssiðir (“outlandish”)
• útanlendis (“abroad”)
• útanlærs (“outside the thigh”)
• útanstefning f (“a summons abroad”)
• útansóknar (“outside the parish”)
• útanverðr (“outward, outside, outer part of”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: utan
• Faroese: uttan
• Norwegian Bokmål: uten
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utan
• Old Swedish: ūtan
  • Swedish: utan
• Old Danish: utan, utæn, uten
  • Danish: uden

See also

• innan
• út
• úti

Conjunction

útan

1. except, but

See also

• nema

Preposition

útan

1. (with accusative) without
2. (with accusative) beyond, outside

Derived terms

• fyrir útan

Descendants

• Faroese: uttan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utan
• Norwegian Bokmål: uten
• Old Swedish: ūtan
  • Swedish: utan
• Danish: uden

References

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