Austr-hálfa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Austr-hálfa

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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

ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ-ᚼᛅᛚᚠᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. D.
Anno Domini.
f.
feminine.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Hel.
Heliand.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
opp
opposed to.

Works & Authors

A. A.
Antiquitates Americanae. (E. II.)
Blas.
Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Ver.
Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)

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