SUÐR

I)

n. the south (veðr var á suðri); frá suðri, from the south.

II)

adv.

1) south, southwards; ríða s., to ride south; s. horfðu dyrr, the doors faced the south; ganga (fara) s., to go south on a pilgrimage (to Rome or Palestine); s. af kirkju, to the south of the church; hjá haugi Gunnars s. frá, by Gunnar’s grave-mound, on the south side of it;

2) in the south (hann dvaldist s. í landi).

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n., gen. suðrs; older form sunnr; in poets sunnr gunnar, sunnr runna, Hkr. i. (in a verse); sunnr runnu, Vellekla: [A. S. suð; Engl. south; Germ. süd; Dan. syd]:—the south; af suðri, Fb. ii. 481; í suðri, Rb. 92; til suðrs, Sks. 163; í suðr, passim; land-suðr, south-east; út-suðr, south-west.

II. as adv.; ríða suðr, Nj. 4; suðr til Hallands, Dýflinnar, Danmerkr, Jótlands, Fms. i. 26, Eg. 157, Orkn. 256; suðr um lönd, Bs. i. 744; fara suðr, to pass southwards, Eg. 53: esp. of pilgrims to Rome or Palestine, Nj. 268, Gísl. 73.

2. with motion; hann dvaldisk suðr í landi, Fms. i. 96; suðr í Sogni, Ó. H. 26; suðr frá, southwards, Nj. 118; þeir áttu suðr (in the south) Engey, 22; suðr (in the south, i. e. in southern Iceland), Þorkell máni, Bs. i. 4, 31, l. 4.

II. compar. sunnar, more to the south, Fms. vi. 379, Rb. 472; sunnar meir, Sks. 213.

2. superl. sunnarst, Rb. (1812) 18; sunnast í zodiaco, 732. 4, Rb. 478.