utan

In a sentence

• Hún var utan við húsið og beið okkar.

  She was outside the house and waited for us.

  In this sentence, 'utan' means 'outside', referring to being outside a certain location.

• Ég tek ekki þátt í þessu, ég er utan við þetta mál.

  I am not involved in this, I am outside this matter.

  Here, 'utan' expresses being uninvolved or outside a matter or situation metaphorically.

• Við ferðast utan lands á sumrin.

  We travel abroad in the summers.

  In this case, 'utan' signifies traveling abroad, as in leaving the country.