Definitions
Definitions
1 austr-hálfa
u, f. [Hel. ôstarhalba = oriens], often spelt -álfa by dropping the h; the east, in old writers freq. of the Austria of the peace of Verdun, A. D. 843, including the Baltic and the east of Europe; sometimes also of the true east; um Garðaríki (Russia Minor) ok víða um a. heims, Fms. i. 96; í Görðum austr ok austrhólfunni, x. 275; í a. heims eru Þrjú Indialönd, A. A. 283; Licinius lagði undir sik víða a., Blas. 37; Adam ok Eva bygðu síðan í a. Þar sem Hebron heitir, Ver. 5, Stj. 67, 43: now used in Icel. = Asia, Vestrhálfa = America, Suðrhálfa = Africa, Norðrhálfa = Europe, Eyjaálfa = Australia.
2 austr-hálfa
COMPDS: austrhálfulýðr, austrhálfuþjóð.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
austr-hálfa
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "austr-hálfa" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).